Šlokenbeka Castle is a fortified manor in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. It is the only existing example of a fortified manor centre in Latvia. It started its existence as a castle of the Livonian Order

Livonian Order

The Livonian Order was an autonomous Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order and a member of the Livonian Confederation from 1435–1561. After being defeated by Samogitians in the 1236 Battle of Schaulen , the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword were incorporated into the Teutonic Knights...

 before 1544.

In 1845 Šlokenbeka manor house was built inside the defensive walls of the castle.

Šlokenbeka was built in 15th century as fortified castle in Milzkalne

Milzkalne

Milzkalne is a village in Latvian Smārde parish administrative unit of the Engure municipality. The village was added to the Smārde district in 1965 as a Soviet collective farm during the Soviet Latvia period. The Šlokenbeka Castle, a medieval fortified manor built in 15th century, is located in...

 village. It was builst in trapeze form yard, which was enclosed with stone walls with portholes. At 17th century Šlokenbeka lost its defence meaning. At the end of 18th century was built new and renwed old buildings, to walls in N and S was added new gate towers. New building was built in classcism style (1841-45).

At the 20th century (30ties) šlokenbeka lost some of their buildings. At Soviet times there was 5th road maintenece unit.

Now there are Latvian Road Museum and restaurant.