This invisible little creature is said to be no more than a few feet high, and is often depicted in clothes from the 17th century, something resembling a cavalier. The palace's ghost Petermännchen ( "little Peterman") is said to roam the halls of the Schweriner Schloss. Since then there have been massive preservation and renovation efforts. Since late 1990, it is once again a seat of government, as the seat of the Landtag (the state assembly of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). From 1974 on, some renovated rooms were used as an art museum. The Orangerie had been a technical museum since 1961. The German Democratic Republic used the palace as a college for kindergarten teachers from 1952 to 1981. The castle later became a museum and in 1948 the seat of the state parliament. Only the exterior reconstruction had been completed when the revolution of 1918 resulted in the abdication of the Grand Duke. A fire destroyed about a third of the palace in December 1913. Most of the work was carried out by craftsmen from Schwerin and Berlin. Heinrich Strack (1805–1880) from Berlin was chosen for the interior design. His successor Stüler again made a few alterations, and included an equestrian statue of Niklot and the cupola. Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley (such as Chambord) also inspired him and contributed to the construction from 1843 until 1851. He also planned a government building in 1825–1826 located at Schlossstraße (today the State Chancellery). The castle became the most admired masterpiece of the student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Instead, Demmler included elements of both of them into his plan, but found inspiration in French Renaissance castles. Renaissance (15th–17th centuries) ĭresden architect Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) and Berlin architect Friedrich August Stüler (1800–1865) could not convince the Grand Duke of their plans. The Bishop's House ( Bischofshaus) from that period remains in a grave. During the late Gothic era, the growing prosperity and position of the dukes led to a growing need for a representative castle, and this meant architectural changes to the fortress settlement. They soon relocated farther inland from Mikelenburg, near the city of Wismar, to Schwerin. In 1358, the County of Schwerin was purchased by the descendants of Niklot, who had been elevated to Dukes of Mecklenburg in 1348. In 1167, Henry gave the County of Schwerin to his vassal Gunzelin von Hagen, and the rest of the country around the city was returned to Niklot's son Pribislav, forming a hereditary ducal line that lasted until 1918. The foundation of the city of Schwerin took place in the same year. The German conquerors, however, recognised the strategic and aesthetically interesting location of the island and started building a new fort. The Obotrites under Niklot destroyed the fort but left because of the Germanic military dominance. In 1160, the fort became a target of Germanic noblemen planning to expand their territory eastward under the leadership of Henry the Lion (1129–1195). There was a fort of the Polabian Slav tribe of the Obotrites on an island in the large lake of Schwerin. The first records of a castle at this location date from AD 973. It is nicknamed the " Neuschwanstein of the North". The castle is regarded as one of the most important works of Romantic historicism in Europe and is designated to become a World Heritage Site. Major parts of the current castle were built between 18, as a cooperation of the renowned historicist architects Gottfried Semper, Friedrich August Stüler, Georg Adolf Demmler and Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. Today parts of it serve as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament (German: Landtag), other parts are open for tourists. It is situated on an island in the city's main lake, Lake Schwerin.įor centuries, the castle was the home of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Schwerin Castle ( German: Schweriner Schloss, also known as Schwerin Palace, German pronunciation: ), is a schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany.
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