Glambæk (German: ''Burg Glambek'') was a castle in Femern (German: Fehmarn) on the north-east coast of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

in what is now

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. Glambæk was built in the 13th century by Valdemar Sejr and protected the land between

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and Burger Binnensee. The island was captured at the beginning of the 15th century, but Erik of Pommern took it and the castle back again in 1416. During the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

, it was captured and destroyed in 1627 by

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (; ; ; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. From 1620 to 1631, he won an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victo ...

References

''Skalk'' nr. 4, August 2007.

External links

Pictures of Glambeck castle ruins
Castles in Schleswig-Holstein {{SchleswigHolstein-struct-stub