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Dobele Castle is a castle in the town of Dobele in the historical region of Zemgale, Latvia. The Livonian order built the castle on the west bank of the Berze river in 1335, on the site of an old hillfort.

Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south.

During the Livonian crusade (12th–13th century), battles were fought at the hillfort. It endured six sieges by the Livonian order, but crusaders never managed to capture the fort.

During the winter of 1288–89 a large crusader army, including allied estonians and latgalians under command of master Kuno von Hazzingenstein, attacked Dobele. They pillaged and burned the town, but were unable to take the fört.

Decades later, the Livonian order decided to fortify the site once again. A stone castle was constructed in the years 1335–1347. A small settlement populated by craftsmen and merchants soon developed around the castle. Until 1562 castle was a seat of the Dobele komtur. In the 16th and 17th centuries several regional assemblies were held at the castle.

During the Great Northern War the castle was occupied by swedes in 1701. The king of Sweden Charles XII stayed in the castle for six days. During the war Dobele castle was devastated and was not restored. It was abandoned in 1736 and fell gradually into ruin.