But even the 20th century was not kind to Schwerin Castle. A fire broke out in that destroyed almost a third of the building.
It was made into a museum, only to be changed into a teaching school during the communist years from to In the s with the end of the Cold War , Schwerin Castle was once again made into a seat of parliament, museum and a must-see tourist destination.
Within the castle walls in the Old Gardens houses, you will find the impressive State Museum. Built in the s, the Palace Chapel features some elegant art and architecture. Such luxurious details include the stained glass windows, alabaster reliefs portraying Bible scenes and a sandstone altar. The palace setting is as big of an attraction as the building itself. With the proximity of Lake Schwerin and the exquisitely well-manicured gardens, be sure to spend some time outside to take in the natural beauty.
GPS users, take note! The new building kept some parts of the older castle that dated back to the 16th Century. Therefore the style that emerged as a whole became Neorenaissance. After the reign of the Granddukes ended in Schwerin Castle became state-owned. After that there was a vivid history, where it had many uses. It has been a school for nursery school teachers, a hospital and housed several museums.
After the German Reunification Schwerin Castle became seat of regional parliament. It is also open to visitors as Schwerin Castle Museum since There is no one really living at the castle anymore, despite the ghost of Schwerin Castle.
In case of a ghost, does the word "live" truely apply? While the indoor scenes were done elsewhere, Schwerin Castle was shown in a scene of the movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle in cinema September 22nd , 20th Century Fox as well as in one of the movie trailers. Over recent years the castle garden has been carefully restored to its original state, including its visual axes and paths.
The individual architectural monuments and open spaces of the Residence Ensemble are listed as historic monuments and are in well-maintained condition. Their continued maintenance is ensured by municipal and state heritage-management programmes. The castle has been undergoing restoration since on the basis of historical architectural documents and source studies. Since restoration work has been expedited through significant investments in foundation work and restoration measures important for the structural stability and integrity of the buildings.
Since German Reunification important buildings of the ensemble have undergone extensive restoration for use by ministries and administrative offices. To date there are no similar properties inscribed on the World Heritage List: no intact residence ensembles of this kind embedded in a landscape of parks and nature, and no similar castles or ensembles from the 19th century or in the historicist style.
In comparison with other similar ensembles, Schwerin is distinguished by its unique state of preservation and its completeness, which convey with special authenticity not only the court culture and aristocratic lifeworld of the 19th century but also the evolved character of the residence.
In other important German Residenz cities where sovereign rulers resided , this authenticity has been lost through the effects of World War II. In these cities, not only the residential castles but also the complexes, which are essential elements of a residence ensemble, have been extensively damaged or even destroyed. Of these sites, the ensembles in Munich and Dresden convey the most cultural history; however, most of the buildings are recreations of the original structures. Owing to losses suffered during the war, the other residential castles in Germany no longer have the original inner structure with a throne apartment typical of the 19th century.
Furthermore, no other important German residence from this era has an intact ensemble of associated buildings for court and public administration. Elsewhere, characteristic elements of the ensemble are lacking, such as museum buildings, which have been preserved in Berlin but without the castle as important reference point.
Schwerin is also unique with respect to its integration into a lake-studded landscape with the reconstruction of a residential castle involving extensive new construction on a historic site. This distinguishes the Residence Ensemble from baroque residences like Turin or Nancy. Unlike the contemporary Romantic garden landscape of Potsdam, which has a series of different visual foci and is now missing the City Palace Stadtschloss , the Residence Ensemble with the castle in Schwerin is the focal point of all intangible and tangible connections with the surrounding region.
And in contrast to the Wartburg, another monument of dynastic and national history constructed in the style of historicism, the Schwerin Castle is a residential building that has been used continuously and whose horticultural integration into the cultural landscape serves the intentional staging of the official residence of a ruling monarch.
Schwerin is the site of the first residential castle whose external and internal designs made strict use of historical styles. It represented a departure from the classical architecture that had been used until then for the construction of residential castles and a move towards historicist forms.
It was followed by the neo-Romanesque Welfen Castle in Hanover, the neo-baroque reconstruction of the Buda Castle and, lastly, the expansion of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Furthermore, these structures are also not situated in such close spatial relationship to the other important court or public administration buildings.
The Residence Ensemble Schwerin marks the site of a tradition of governance that has lasted more than years without interruption, from Slavic times to the present day, as no other cultural asset can demonstrate in this way, documenting the development of a region from a historical principality to a modern democracy.
About us. Special themes. Major programmes. For the Press. The Museum of the Schwerin castle recreates some of the highly ornate and traditionally decorated rooms from the previous eras.
The castle is located in the city of Schwerin, which is the capital of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state in Germany. However, the entire older complex was rebuilt by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II between the years to , as he did not like the mismatched architecture styles of the original building.
Since the Schwerin castle is ideal for strolling around, spring is the best time to visit it. The gothic town of Hanseatic Rostock is located near the castle and is quite popular for its stunning brick architecture. The oldest record of the castle traces back to AD when it was the fort of the tribe of Obotrites. It was rebuilt, as the Obotrites under Niklot ruined the fort before leaving. Therefore, was marked as the founding year of Schwerin. Around the end of the twelfth century, Schwerin was acquired by Niklot, the chief of slavic Obotrites.
However, they were driven out by the German military, who appreciated the strategic and aesthetic viability of the Schwerin castle, and thus laid the foundation of the city of Schwerin, which later became a bishopric state.
A few decades later the fortress was transformed into a palace by Duke Johann Albrecht, and a few years after that he also restored the chapel. This was the renaissance of the Schwerin castle, and it saw many other architectural additions to its complex during this time. These include additional defences to the residential part, facade changes to the kitchen and chapel, the Tea Pavilion, and half-timbered storage buildings for paintings.
Duke Friedrich Franz II, who was frustrated with the poor condition and the clashing architectural styles of the castle, gave the order for the reconstruction.
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