Toolse (Tolsburg) Castle — The Northernmost Stronghold of the Teutonic Knights

(IN RUSSIAN is below) Toolse (Tolsburg) Castle (Estonia)— built in 1471 by the Teutonic Knights, it was their northernmost fortress on the Baltic Sea coast. Its mission was to protect trade routes and ships from pirates in the Gulf of Finland. Over the centuries, it faced wars, invasions, and decay, passing through Teutonic, Muscovite, and ...