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Ełk, wyspa na Jeziorze Ełckim, gmina Ełk, powiat ełcki, woj. warmińsko-mazurskie
The ruins of a Teutonic castle on an island (today a peninsula) on Lake Ełckie, connected to the mainland by a bridge.
The Teutonic Knights built the castle between 1398 and 1406; construction was supervised by the commander and later Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Earlier, a Yotvingian watchtower stood on the islet. In 1410 it was destroyed by the troops of Władysław Jagiełło and soon rebuilt. After the secularisation of the Order (1525) it became the seat of a starost, then of the courts. After a fire in 1833 it was rebuilt and adapted into a prison, which operated until 1970; since then it has been in ruins.
The site is accessible only from the outside - the interior cannot be visited. A bridge leads to the island (since 1913).
Ełk, an island on Lake Ełckie.
