[1][2] In 1623, king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden gave the estate to Field Marshal Herman Wrangel as a gift.

After the war, Emperor Peter the Great in his turn gave the castle as a gift to reformer Heinrich von Fick.

[8] During the ownership of Herman Wrangel, the castle started to change appearance; it was slowly transformed from a fortress into a residence.

Wrangel had fireplaces and tiled stoves put in place, enlarged the windows and doors and added an extra floor to the building.

The most visible legacy of his reconstruction scheme, however, is that he transformed the southern cannon tower into the present-day church, which is still standing.

Master stucco decorator Johann Michael Graff, whose craftsmanship can still be admired in Rundāle Palace, Latvia, was engaged in the creation of these interiors.