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Battle or uprising · 1602

Siege of Paide by Jan Zamoyski

During the Polish-Swedish war for Livonia, the Polish grand hetman Jan Zamoyski besieged Swedish-held Weissenstein, as Paide was then called, in the late summer of 1602. His guns pounded the octagonal keep and the walls for weeks, and at the end of September the garrison surrendered. It was the last success of the ageing commander's Livonian campaign, and the castle changed hands again in the following decades. Today the rebuilt keep, the Vallitorn, rises from the grassy ramparts in the centre of Paide and houses a museum.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Poola-Rootsi sõjas Liivimaa pärast piiras Poola suurhetman Jan Zamoyski 1602. aasta hilissuvel Rootsi käes olevat Weissensteini, nagu Paidet tollal kutsuti. Tema kahurid tulistasid kaheksakandilist peatorni ja müüre nädalaid ning septembri lõpus garnison alistus. See jäi eakaks väejuhi Liivimaa sõjakäigu viimaseks eduks ja järgmistel aastakümnetel vahetas linnus taas omanikku. Tänapäeval kõrgub Paide keskel rohtunud vallidel taastatud peatorn Vallitorn, kus asub muuseum.

Map of the area around Siege of Paide by Jan Zamoyski
58.88570° N, 25.55940° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paide_Castle ↗

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