Remplin Castle
The castle in Remplin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (historical part of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ) was a baroque country castle with lavish furnishings. Except for the north wing, it was largely destroyed by a fire in 1940 and was never rebuilt.
The Remplin Castle
The castle grounds had been in the possession of the von Hahn family since 1405 . The actual castle consisted of an older Renaissance building , which was converted into a three-wing baroque complex in the middle of the 18th century with two side extensions.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Carl (Friedrich) von Hahn , who became known as the “theater count”, got more and more debt due to his passion for the stage, and in 1816 the Remplin goods had to be sold. The first new owner was Georg Wilhelm von Schaumburg-Lippe , who sold the castle and estate to Karl von Maltzahn in 1848 . In 1852, Duke Georg zu Mecklenburg , the younger son of Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , acquired the estate and castle as an entails rule for himself and his descendants on the occasion of his wedding to Grand Duchess Katharina Michailowna Romanowa . From 1860 he had the 35 hectare baroque park , which was considered one of the largest in Mecklenburg, redesigned into an English-style landscape garden. The plans for it came from Peter Joseph Lenné . From 1865 the palace was also reshaped, the Berlin architect Friedrich Hitzig renewed the facades in the neo-renaissance style . After completion of the work, the middle corps de logis was provided with a magnificent, arcaded loggia , the decorations of the garden facade were designed according to French models in Beaux Arts architecture . The interiors have also been redecorated. Great emphasis was placed on exquisite furnishings; Both the materials for the remodeling and the works of art and furniture were largely acquired in Italy and France. The library of the house is said to have comprised around 12,000 volumes.
The castle was inhabited until the 20th century, but initially not permanently. Only after the Russian Revolution , when the family managed to flee to the West, did the house become a home for Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg and his family as well as his aunt Duchess Helene zu Mecklenburg (-Strelitz) from 1923 . From 1930 Carl Michael zu Mecklenburg also spent the last years of his life in Remplin. The Georgs Herzog zu Mecklenburg family was persecuted by the National Socialists because of their dynastic connections to Russia and their political Catholicism (Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg converted to the Catholic Church in 1920 ). The last big celebration was the wedding of Franz Ferdinand von Isenburg to Irina Tolstoy (1917–1998) on June 27, 1939. The bride was a daughter of Irina Michailowna Rajewskaja (1892–1955), the second wife of Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg, from her first marriage to Count Alexander Tolstoy (1888–1918).
On the evening of April 10, 1940, the castle was on fire for reasons that have not yet been clarified. Arson is suspected for the reasons mentioned, but could never be proven. The newspaper reports at the time indicated that a chimney fire was to be responsible for the accident. The fire reduced the main building to rubble and only the north wing could be saved from destruction. Various art treasures of the ducal family were lost with the castle. The family left Remplin Castle after the fire and did not return, Georg Alexander was later taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Due to the turmoil of the Second World War and the situation of the family in Germany, reconstruction was not considered. After 1945 the entire property was finally expropriated.
The former outbuildings of the complex can still be found on the castle grounds, such as the 37 meter high gate tower from 1750, the farm houses and the manor church. The palace park with the observatory tower from 1801 has also been partially preserved, there is a 200-year-old avenue of lime trees and the basic baroque structure can still be seen in places. The parking area is well maintained and accessible to visitors.
Detail of the north wing
Pigeon tower
Observatory tower in the castle park
See also
literature
- Stefan Pulkenat: Castle Park, Remplin . In: Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland [Hrsg.]: White paper on historical gardens and parks in the new federal states . 2nd, revised edition. Bonn 2005. ISBN 3-925374-69-8 . P. 71f.
- Joachim Skerl; Thomas Grundner: Palaces and gardens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Hinstorff-Verlag, Rostock 2003.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 11 " N , 12 ° 41 ′ 57" E