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Among the most notable Renaissance castles in Northern Europe is Glücksburg Castle. The castle was the administrative centre for the ducal lines of the Glücksburg family and, for a while, the main residence of the monarch of Denmark. The structure is in the northern German town of Glücksburg on the Flensburg Firth. The building is a water fortress. The castle gave rise to the ducal house of Glücksburg, whose members are related to practically all European dynasties. The castle is currently one of Schleswig Holstein, the most well-known landmarks of Germany. There is a public museum housed inside the castle. When the double monastery of St. Michael auf der Berge was liquidated in Schleswig in 1192, the foundation of the current castle grounds officially began. The monks left and relocated to Guldholm on Langsee, and the nuns moved to the St. John Monastery in Schleswig, which is still in use today. The monks established a new Cistercian monastery in Glücksburg between 1209 and 1210. There was an old motte-and-bailey castle close to the monastery, and some of it is still standing today. At the centuries that followed, the monks lived in and took care of the so-called Ryd Abbey and the vast grounds. At the very same time, the nearby town of Flensburg still possessed a number of castles in addition to the substantial, militarily significant Duburg fortification, which was constructed in 1411 A.D. The Rüdekloster was secularised after the Reformation in 1538, and Danish King Christian III acquired ownership of it in 1544. The administrator lived in the monastic structures. The Duburg fortification near Flensburg started to deteriorate from the start of the 16th century. #History #Architecture #Castles

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