Varzin Castle
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| place | Warcino , Gmina Kępice , Powiat Słupski , Pomeranian Voivodeship . | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 13 '7.7 " N , 16 ° 51' 10.2" E | |
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Varzin Castle is located in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship.
history
In 1485 the estate was a fiefdom of von Zitzewitz . After the Thirty Years War , part of the estate was sold to the Massows. In the 18th century it came to the von Podewils, through marriage to Constantin Freiherr von Blumenthal. He had to sell the estate in 1867 due to over-indebtedness. Otto von Bismarck , whose wife grew up on a neighboring estate, became the new owner . Otto von Bismarck took particular care of the forest, where he found peace and relaxation. The castle remained in the possession of von Bismarck until the communist takeover. From 1946 the castle was used as a training center, in 1951 the forest school, which still exists today, was founded.
Building
The central building goes back to a baroque mansion . The Podewils had two side wings added. Otto von Bismarck had a square extension with a flat roof built according to plans by Ende and Böckelmann. Wilhelm von Bismarck had the palace expanded with a neo-baroque wing. Inside, Otto von Bismarck's study with original furniture and a large Silesian tiled stove can be viewed today . An education center is now housed in the carriage shed opposite the castle. Johanna von Bismarck's rose garden once existed in the extensive landscape park. Today you can also find the Bismarck family mausoleum and the graves of Bismarck's famous dogs.
literature
- Edda Gutsche: With a view of the park and the lake. As a guest in castles and mansions in Pomerania and Kashubia . edition Pommern, Elmenhorst / Vorpommern 2018, ISBN 978-3-939680-41-3 , p. 92-95 .
