dobeletic
In this place, there was a settlement of the early inhabitants of Dobele - Semigallians - already 1000 years B.C. A wooden Semigallian castle was built within the ancient town, and it was one of the administrative centres of the ancient Semigallia.From 1335 until 1347, the Livonian Order built a new stone castle instead of the old wooden one, later also a church was built and a park was arranged next to the castle. Until 1562, the Dobele Castle was the seat of the Garrison Commander and Governor (Komtur) of the region.In the first half of the 18th century, after the Northern War and the Big Plague, the castle was left uninhabited.In order to protect the Dobele Castle ruins from further decay, the preservation works were started in 2002.