Building Workshop at the Teutonic Castle in Człuchów, Gdańsk Pomerania (Forum Urbes Medii Aevi, IX/1-2, 2015 (2018), s. 80-93) (original) (raw)
The Człuchów castle used to be one of the largest strongholds of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. Getting to know its history has become possible now thanks to broad archaeological research carried out in the course of its plan revitalization. Until now almost all the area of the High Castle, a large part of its intermural space as well as fragments of its Approaches have been uncovered. Among numerous issues included in research subject matter, the question of the building techniques used and the architectural programme of the castle plan occupies an important place. Their image emerges thanks to the interpretation of the research results that make the characterisation of the building and bricklaying techniques including the brick architectural detail used for building the castle possible. Keywords/Schlüsselwörter Człuchów – castle/Burg – Teutonic Knights/Kreuzritter – architecture/Architektur – brick architecture/Ziegelbau Research into cultural heritage of the Teutonic Knights State have remained in focus of historians, architects and archeologists for many decades, now. Their efforts are encouraged by the wealth of monuments and material objects, and by multitude of written sources, which are being assessed in much more detail in result of intensive research works. Recent years have witnessed a further step in revitalization of architectural monuments, protecting the still existing relics and imparting them a culture‑creating role. 1) These activities have created an unrepeatable opportunity of performing comprehensive archeological‑architectural research allowing us to greatly expand our knowledge about residences of the Teutonic Knights using the presently available methods.
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