Top 6 Castles around Gadebusch

Around 1840/45, a large, 15-window-wide, two-and-a-half-storey residential building above a park was built for the Jacobson family based on the designs of the master builder Carl Adolph Hermes. The manor house received its current appearance through a renovation that took place in 1906/08. The park was now accessed through a round-arched door at ground level. The central risalit facing the courtyard received an arbor. The flat roof was converted into a high, hipped mansard roof. In the last years of the Second World War, the castle housed a branch of the Reich Security Main Office, the Reich Criminal Police Office. After the end of the Second World War, the estate became state property. The party school of the NDPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) first moved into the castle, and from 1956 the GDR youth association FDJ (Free German Youth), which trained its ED-affiliated cadres here. After the political change and the new economic opportunities that came with it, the Lösch family acquired 380 hectares of agricultural land and 180 dairy cows from the estate from the Treuhandanstalt in 1993. In 1998 they founded the Gut Grambow hunting school here. The historic estate houses the hunting school, the natural history museum of the Grambower Moor e.V. support association, the shooting center with the Gut Grambow field sports shop and the master gunsmith workshop. https://gutshaeuser.de/de/schloesser/schloss_grambow

The Renaissance castle from 1573 is particularly known for the detailed terracotta decorations on the facade. The 16th century building is currently being extensively renovated. The castle can be visited on guided tours at events such as the Open Monument Day. The original building of the Gadebusch Renaissance castle was a Slavic ring wall castle, which was documented on this site in the 8th century. Godebuz Castle was under Obodrite rule. From 1200 to 1204 the castle was occupied by the Danish and was then converted into a solid brick castle with a free-standing stone keep in the 13th century. From 1283 to 1299 the castle was the main residence of Mecklenburg princes. The nearby castle lake also takes its name from this period. The Barber-Ljaschtschenko Agreement (exchange of land between the British and the Soviet Union) was signed here in 1945. After 1945, the buildings were used as a museum, boarding school and later for administration. Although the castle is currently being renovated, you can visit it as part of special events and guided tours. The Gadebusch museum complex at the foot of the castle hill provides information about the history of the castle and the town. The museum courtyard with a view of the castle lake is also particularly inviting. https://www.mecklenburg-schwerin.de/unsere-region/staedte-und-orte/gadebusch/renaissance-schloss-gadebusch/index.html

Unfortunately private, so the view through the fence would have to suffice...

Bernstorf Manor or Bernstorf Castle is an imposing building and is directly visible from the street. Bernstorf Manor has been home to a hospice since 2014.

The castle is currently hidden behind scaffolding. There are also signs indicating that when you enter the castle grounds you are on private land.

The historic, listed Wedendorf Castle, located in the Nordwest - Mecklenburg district between the cities of Lübeck, Wismar and Schwerin, is a stately five-story building that can accommodate 71 people. Located directly on Lake Wedendorf with a view of the 800-year-old church of Kirch Grambow, the area around the four-star hotel offers opportunities for a variety of sports such as horse riding, hiking, cycling, fishing and hunting, but culture and nature lovers also come into their own Cost. In 2005, Wedendorf Castle was classified as a museum and extremely interesting to the public by the monument protection authority of the Northwest Mecklenburg district. Honorable mention went to the extensive renovation of the castle and the history of the von Bülow and von Bernstorff families, based on photos and drawings, which provide an insight into the social development of the region over the course of over 400 years. https://www.rehna.de/portal/seiten/hotel-und-museum-schloss-wedendorf-900000112-28460.html

Former neo-Gothic mansion from 1876. Privately owned, "No entry allowed"!

A manor house with an interesting history. Today there is a hunting farm, a restaurant and a small museum. The main house is in a desolate condition.