Arklity

Arklity ( German Arklitten ) is a village in Poland. The location is north of Jezioro Arklickie ( Arklitter Lake ) and four kilometers south of the border to Kaliningrad Oblast in the community Barciany.

History

The village was mentioned in 1359 as Arkeliten and 1401 Erkeliten. The Old Prussian name refers to livestock, but the linguists are not agreed: " arklys ": horse or " erkele ": Saddle Flaus. Beginning of the 16th century, the estate where is the place Arklity today, owned by the family of Schlieben. 1784 was Albrecht von and Egloff stone castle in the late Baroque style building in Arklitten. In 1785 there were three houses here. The manor Arklitten remained until the flight 1945 in the possession of the counts Egloff stone.

From the administrative reform in 1818, the village belonged to the district Gerdauen in the district of Königsberg in East Prussia.

1964, the castle was renovated. 1970 207 people lived in the village. 1973, the town was part of the village in the municipality Mołtajny Skandawa, 1977 in the municipality Barciany. During the Second World War were at the lake Arklitter the barracks of a sub-camp of Stalag I A. 2010 the town had 79 residents.

The Castle of the Counts of Egloffstein / manor Arklitten

Albrecht Freiherr von Stein and Egloff was the elegant home from 1780 to 1782 build. It was a two-story stucco building in the style of early classicism with late baroque portico with four columns and excellently proportioned Attica. The building was in the faces painted yellow with white recessed outlines / facade details. The house had 15 axes and a cellar pedestal jutting out considerably above the surrounding ground level. The castle was a high mansard roof with red clay tiles. A wide sweeping driveway ended in front of the central portico at the level of the ground floor. Biaxial side wings flanking the central block. The continuation of this wing formed a double avenue out of the house. Arklitten was one of the most important palace buildings of the second half of the 18th century in East Prussia.

During the Russian occupation of East Prussia during the First World War, the rich interior has been adversely affected and decimated the Portrait Collection. Until the seventies of the 20th century, the castle was used as a children's home and the administration building. Then the house fell into disrepair and was used as a raw material source for surrounding buildings. Today, remnants of the basement walls in the overgrown park are only obtained.