Nesselbek Castle (Orlovka, Kaliningrad Region): hotel, restaurant, museum "Medieval Tortures and Punishments"

Nesselbek Castle is not a construction of the Middle Ages, but a modern building. It's just built in the old days. The castle stands at the road, at the entrance to the village of Orlovka (Kaliningrad region). On the way, while waiting for them to notice, two skeletons froze in the belts of fidelity. But we'll talk more about everything in the article.

The appearance and description of the castle

The castle of Nesselbek (Kaliningrad) is a building erected in full accordance with the requirements of medieval architecture. The architects managed to recreate the knight's castle with the help of ancient drawings - an exact copy of the fortress of the Teutonic Order. And, by the way, were awarded a diploma from the above-mentioned order - for the preservation of traditions.

As you know, the village of Orlovka (Kaliningrad) used to be a German settlement. In the XIX century there was the estate of Nesselbek, belonging to the noble family of Shenkendorf, who were from Tilsit. The farmstead was built in the beginning of the XIX century and included, in addition to the main building, buildings for storing grain and raising cattle.

The castle Nesselbek received its name from the stream. It means "nettle creek" in German. Indeed, it existed and flowed through the territory of the village, and its name, in turn, due to the nettle growing along the banks.

About this stream, by the way, there is a legend about a lion fish. Fished in the distant past fishermen from the sea fish and released a swim in the creek. Day and night prayed the fish of the villagers to release it back into the sea. And in exchange promised to give a source, but not simple, but with the best in the world beer. So it was or not, nobody knows, but in the castle its own brewery ....

Guest Accommodation in the Castle

Nesselbek Castle (Kaliningrad region) is built of warm red brick, and its interior is unique and refined. The rooms have exclusive furniture: chairs and tables with leather upholstery and painted wooden surfaces are medieval-style. Custom-made drapes, paintings on the walls in the hall and colored window stained-glass windows complete the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.

Hotel Nesselbek is four-star, consisting of 3 floors. Guests can choose from 23 rooms: from standard to presidential. Each number is assigned the name of one of the masters of the Teutonic Order.

Standart room

The rooms for two are located on the first, second and third floors. They have one double or 2 single beds, refrigerator, TV, telephone, air conditioning, mini-bar, individual safe. In the bathroom there is a shower and a hairdryer. The rooms have their own heating system.

Single-level suite

The room of this class is located in the tower and consists of a bedroom and a bathroom. There is a double bed, TV, refrigerator, individual safe, mini-bar, telephone, air conditioning. In the bathroom there is a shower or a bath.

Two-level suite

It consists of a living room and a guest bathroom on the first level, as well as a bedroom in a circular tower on the second level. In the bedroom there is a double bed with canopy, refrigerator, air conditioning, TV, individual safe, mini-bar, telephone. The balcony adjoins the room.

Romantic Room

The room for the newlyweds is on the third floor and consists of two levels. On the first there is a living room, in the tower there is a bedroom. In the bedroom there is a four-poster bed. A bathroom, a bathroom with a shower for two. On the second level there is a double jacuzzi with illumination, furniture for rest. The room has a balcony.

Presidential

The three-room apartment is located on the third floor. In the living room there is a table for 8 people with the possibility of holding a mini-conference or negotiations, a sofa. Separately equipped dining room. In the bedroom there is a four-poster bed. The room is adjacent to the balcony.

A restaurant

The place of rest for the guests of the castle is equipped in the style of the medieval era and is designed for 300 visitors, who are pleased with European cuisine and beer from their own brewery.

Nesselbek Castle (Kaliningrad) is popular for weddings. The interior decoration of the room has to make the bride and groom feel like a real king and queen.

In the restaurant there are comfortable wooden tables with soft sofas. Here fall in love, to sit in a romantic atmosphere near the present fireplace in the light of ancient lamps.

In the center of the hall is a bar stand with a beer plant. Serve unfiltered beer of 4 varieties here. Not far from it stands a knight in armor, guarding the rest of the castle's guests.

If you go to the inner courtyard (and all guests of the castle Nesselbek (Kaliningrad) and arrive), the glass dome of the brewery opens. Through it you can see how the magic elixir is cooked in large vats. Here they prepare beer according to ancient recipes, once loved in Europe.

On the basis of beer served in the restaurant soup - a specialty from the chef. To the soup, guests are offered onion bread.

Museum "Medieval Tortures and Punishments"

The size of this scary museum is not large - three spans on a narrow staircase up.

At the entrance stands the executioner - a man with a bad reputation for those times. People of this profession were afraid and despised: the executioners, as a rule, traded parts of bodies executed for magical rituals. In markets and markets, merchants gave them food for free, out of fear of touching their hands. And they took off their clothes from dead criminals. The executioner could leave his terrible post after he found himself a receiver.

In the halls one can consider the devices used by the master of the Middle Ages:

• "Spanish boot" - was worn on the leg, crushed and broken bones.
• Vice - in them the head of the condemned person was placed, and then it was squeezed;
• "Nuremberg maiden" is an iron cabinet with outlines of a female body. On the inner surface of the doors of the cabinet were placed long nails. The condemned man went into the closet, the doors closed, and the nails stuck into different parts of the body.
• Table for torture - the body "rolled" on rolls with spikes. And that the victim did not twitch, hands and feet straightened with shackles.
• Pear - was injected into certain parts of the body. When the disclosure tore them up.
• Knee crusher - crushed knee and elbow joints.
• "Deadly chair" - a terrible device, covered with spikes in the amount of 500 to 1500, with straps, which recorded the victim. Sometimes under the chair a hearth was set up for the quick recognition of the convict.
• The seat with the collar - the victim was put on the seat with the hands tied. An iron collar with a screw was put on his head. The executioner tightly twisted the screw, and the metal wedge located on the collar slowly penetrated the condemned's head, causing death.

These devices were used to kill a person or to make him crippled. For more "easy" punishments, there were other tools:

• A shameful pillar - as punishment, the convicted person was mocked and humiliated by the crowd;
• Mask of shame - was worn on grumpy wives and women who uttered swear words in public places;
• Mantle of a drunkard - she was put on chronic alcoholics; It was a barrel turned upside down, in which the drunkard's favorite drinks were stored; Then it was conducted along the streets of the city for conviction and mockery.

And, of course, belts of fidelity. These devices appeared during the Crusades, so that the knights, leaving the family for a long time, did not worry about the fidelity of their wives. Later appeared belts of fidelity for men. Their main task was to prevent masturbation. By the way, today the belts of fidelity are still relevant: as an accessory for BDSM games.

The museum's exhibits are not originals - they are only mock-ups, reconstructed according to drawings and historical documents. But, as recognized by those who visited it, it becomes scary to see them.

The services

And that after visiting the museum to feel all the joy of life, the hotel "Nesselbek" offers its guests to spend spa-procedures:

• Jacuzzi or a bath with beer - increase the tone of the body, strengthen immunity, relieve muscle tension and warm up the joints. Brewer's yeast softens and heals the skin, strengthens the hair and nails.
• Baths according to the recipe of Cleopatra, with honey and milk. During the procedure, pores are cleared, blood circulation improves, fat deposits are burnt.
• Bath for lovers, in which instead of water pour champagne.

In addition, the castle Nesselbek provides additional services for the care of the body:

• Wrapping of beer grains - removes dead skin areas, heals nails and hair;
• Nutritional wrap on the basis of honey and milk - increases the elasticity and elasticity of the skin, tightens the contours of the body. Has a moisturizing and soothing effect;
• Tightening wrap "Aroma-algae" - prevents flabbiness of the skin when losing weight, instantly relieves the heaviness and swelling of the legs, stimulates metabolism, detoxification and microcirculation of the blood;
• Wrapping leaf laminaria "Algae alive" - eliminates excess fluid in the tissues, restores the elasticity of the skin, helps to relax the body.

The described castle in Orlovka advises its guests to use and face care procedures:

• Spa-care for the face - relieves inflammation with acne. The skin softens and moistens.
• "Living Water" - the procedure is performed for dehydrated and dry skin. Restores the water and cellular balance.
• "Molodilnye green apples" - anti-aging care based on stem cells of the apple.
• "Touch of luxury" - care for any skin based on black caviar. It restores metabolic processes and starts the processes of natural rejuvenation.
• "Noble Knight" - care for the skin of the face of men. Moisturizing mask or anti-aging gel helps to cleanse and tone the skin.
• Paraffin mask - suitable for young and mature skin. Wrinkles are smoothed out, there is a blush and velvety.
• "Festive face" - the procedure is carried out in 4 stages: cleansing, toning, applying a mask with the effect of Botox and moisturizing cream with the effect of black caviar.

Cost

Nesselbek Castle (Kaliningrad) sets the following rates for its guests: from May to September inclusive, the standard room costs 3300 rubles, and the suite and the two-level suite are 3300 and 3500 rubles, respectively.

At these numbers the price in the "not season" falls by 300-500 rubles. Rooms "Romantic" and "Presidential" at any time of the year cost 10 thousand rubles per day. The cost, except for accommodation, includes breakfast and swimming in the pool every day, from 8 am to 12 pm.