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6 unusual facts about Ogrodzieniec


Ogrodzieniec

Furthermore, in 1984 the castle was presented in Iron Maiden’s video Behind the Iron Curtain, in the song "Hallowed Be Thy Name".

In 1241, during Mongol invasion of Poland, the village and the castle were burned, and afterwards, a new, stone castle was built.

In 1241, during the Mongol invasion of Poland, it was burned and destroyed, and in the mid-14th century, new, stone complex of a mighty Gothic castle was built here.

Ogrodzieniec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Hindenburg titled the deed to Neudeck in the name of his son, Oskar von Hindenburg.

The property had gone into debt and was in need of major investment when the German government and contributions from German industrials on initiative of Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau, gave Paul von Hindenburg clear title to Neudeck in 1927, for his services in World War I and as Reich President.

Ruins of the Reich

In August 1999 the crew discovered several lost sites in Poland such as the ruins of the Tannenberg Memorial and Hindenburg's Neudeck estate as well as several well-known locations like Ordensburg Marienberg (Malbork Castle).


Ogrodzieniec Castle

The material filmed in the Ogrodzieniec Castle wad used in the song "Hallowed Be Thy Name".

Zemsta

Notably, the original story took place in Kamieniec castle, which is currently located in Odrzykoń, while the movie was filmed in Ogrodzieniec castle, located in Silesia province, Poland.


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