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Spantekow Fortress

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Coordinates: _region:DE-MV 53°47′13″N 13°31′56″E / 53.78694°N 13.53222°E / 53.78694; 13.53222
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Main building (schloss)
View of the gatehouse

Veste Spantekow is the oldest and most important Renaissance castle in North Germany and is situated in the village of Spantekow, southwest of Anklam in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It covers an area of c. 4 hectares.

Gatehouse with relief of Ulrich and Anna of Schwerin
Courtyard view of the Great Casemate
Spantekow Fortress from the east with its schloss and casemates

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Further reading

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  • Lutz Mohr: Klosterruine Stolpe und Burg Spantekow im Umfeld von Anklam. Zwei markante geschichtsträchtige Stätten aus dem mittelalterlichen Pommern. In: Stier und Greif. Blätter zur Kultur- und Landesgeschichte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jg. 17, Schwerin, 2007, pp. 46−65.
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