Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему Insterburg castle ( 8 класс)

of Chernyakhovsk (former Insterburg), outside the Castle. It was

founded in 1336 on the orders of the master of the German order of St. Mary of the Teutonic order Dietrich von Altenburg on the site of ancient settlement of Ansitropic, destroyed in 1256 during the military campaigns of the Order of Nadrovia.
The place to build a castle in the military sense was chosen very cleverly, taking into account terrain conditions and strategic considerations – on the hill near the river Angerapp, where his position allowed to control the crossroads at the confluence of Angerapp, Pissa and inster flow together (from which the castle got its name). First, there was built an oak blockhouse and surrounded it with a ditch and rampart, the tree is then gradually replaced by stone. Orders in the period, judging by the extant information, the castle was rebuilt several times.

castle because often the current hostilities. The first mention

of civilian settlements in historical documents belong to 1466 - Sloboda Freiheit to the South of the castle, the settlement Hakelwerk on the South shore of the Mill pond and the Prussian village of Sparge who settled in the upper reaches Wegorapa. Their inhabitants are engaged in traditional crafts - trade and agriculture. After 1525 the castle was located in the main district office of Insterburg. On 10 October 1583 Insterburg, by that time thoroughly overgrown, according to the data obtained from the Margrave Georg Friedrich von Ansbach literacy, named as the city with all its urban status attributes - a private court, the city coat of arms and seal

during the bombing of British aircraft, then during the

storming of the city by Soviet troops, including that from a fire. In the surviving buildings were stationed a military unit. Presumably in 1949 in the castle again suffered a massive fire almost completely destroyed the citadel (survived only exterior walls), then the outer ward began to disassemble the brick exported to Lithuania for the recovery of the economy. In the early 50-ies the territory of the castle was transferred to the RSU (repair and construction management) No. 1.