MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. The 14th century Preussisch Eylau Castle of the former Teutonic Order located in the Kaliningrad Region of Russia is being put on the auction block. Bids are being accepted until August 20 and the property’s initial price tag is set at 9.7 mln rubles ($153,000), the region’s Tender Authority states on its website on Friday.

"The privatized property name: the historical and cultural monument, the Preussisch Eylau Castle contains an area of 3,628.2 square meters… The starting price of the property sale with VAT, including the price of the land plot [with the area of 45,800 square meters] is 9.7 mln rubles ($153,000)," the authority announced. The tender will be concluded on August 29. The winner will be vested with an obligation to take measures to preserve the architectural monument.

The Preussisch Eylau Castle in Bagrationovsk, the Kaliningrad Region, was founded as a stronghold of the Teutonic Order in the 14th century. The castle did not experience any major damage during the Great Patriotic War (WWII) and its residential premises were used until the early 1960s. A fire broke out in the castle in June 2016 and partly destroyed the roof. The office of prosecutor demanded to repair the castle at the beginning of 2016.