Wesenberg (Rakvere)

59 ° 21 ′ N. 26 ° 21 ′ E.

It is believed that the Estonian town Tarbapea ("bull's head", hence the "bullish" symbolism of the city) was located on the hill. The castle was founded by Danish knights around 1252. Not far from it in 1268 took place the famous Battle of Rakovor between Novgorodians, German and Danish knights. After Denmark left Livonia in 1347, Wesenberg Castle came under the rule of the Livonian Order. The scar on the face - the so-called "Wesenberg claw" - was considered a sign of a bully and a desperate person. In 1558 the castle was taken by the troops of Ivan the Terrible and under the name Rakobor was a part of "Russian Livonia" until 1581, after which it became part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Today the castle houses a museum and interactive reconstructions of medieval life (castle website: http://www.rakverelinnus.ee)