Discover Castles & Manor Houses

Guided Day Tours with the Castle Owner

Between the Tollense Valley and the Baltic Sea lies the highest concentration of Lenné parks in all of Germany. Join me personally to discover the most magnificent castles and manor houses of Western Pomerania – from baroque palace complexes to neo-Gothic brick palaces and Renaissance moated castles. As the owner of a historic manor house from 1872, I know the history and the people behind these walls.

Route 1 · Tollense Valley

The Lenné Park Route · 5–25 km · Half-/Full Day

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Nowhere else in Germany are so many Lenné parks as close together as in the Tollense Valley. This route connects the historic estates whose owners were once closely linked by marriage and kinship – and jointly commissioned the royal garden director.

Schloss Broock

📍 ~8 km 🏛️ 1840–1850

Neo-Gothic · Stüler design · Lenné park

Monument of special national cultural significance. The almost completely preserved historic estate with castle, stables, riding hall and Lenné park is being developed into a cultural and conference centre. Once the largest private stud farm in Western Pomerania.

✦ Lenné Park · Stüler architecture · MV Festival

Schloss Kartlow

📍 ~10 km 🏛️ Mitte 19. Jh.

Historicism · Hitzig design · Lenné park

Woldemar von Heyden commissioned the manor house from plans by Friedrich Hitzig. The landscape park was designed by Peter Joseph Lenné. Since 1274, Kartlow was owned by the von Heyden family – closely related by marriage to the von Maltzahns of Gültz.

✦ Lenné Park · Stud farm · Hotel

Herrenhaus Schmarsow

📍 ~12 km 🏛️ 1697/98

Baroque · Oldest building in the region

Built in 1697/98, the manor house is one of the oldest buildings in the region. Lovingly restored, it offers holiday apartments and function rooms. A pioneer of the MittsommerRemise in the Tollense Valley.

✦ Baroque architecture · Holiday apartments · Garden

Kulturschloss Hohenbrünzow

📍 ~15 km 🏛️ 19. Jh.

Neo-Gothic · Cultural centre

Four generations under one roof – the cultural castle is gradually becoming a space for artists, a meeting place promoting culture and education. Ceramics workshop, dendrological tours in the estate park and chamber concerts.

✦ Ceramics workshop · Estate park · Concerts

Gutshaus Wietzow

📍 ~12 km 🏛️ um 1620 / 19. Jh.

Neo-Gothic · English landscape park

Beautifully situated in the Tollense Valley, the neo-Gothic manor house was first mentioned around 1620. Karl Friedrich von Linden had an English landscape park laid out after 1750.

✦ Tollense Valley panorama · Landscape park · Tranquility

Route 2 · Peene Valley & Baltic Sea

Renaissance meets Romanticism · 25–80 km · Full Day

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From the banks of the Tollense through the wildly romantic Peene Valley to the Baltic coast – this tour leads to the most spectacular castle complexes in Western Pomerania, including a baroque art museum, a 450-year-old Renaissance moated castle and one of the most significant neo-Gothic buildings in the country.

Hotel Schloss Neetzow

📍 ~30 km 🏛️ 19. Jh.

Romantic Historicism · English country house

One of the most striking manor houses in Western Pomerania – built in the style of English country houses, with distinctive yellow clinker bricks. Today a romantic hotel surrounded by a historic castle park.

✦ Castle hotel · Yellow clinker · Castle park

Schloss Kummerow

📍 ~35 km 🏛️ 1725–1730

Late Baroque · Lenné Park · Photography Museum

The most important baroque castle in the region – built by the von Maltzahn family, relatives of the Gültz line. On the shores of Lake Kummerow, it today houses a world-famous Photography Collection with works by Gursky, Salgado and the Bechers. Lenné park with stunning lake views.

✦ Maltzahn castle · Gursky & Salgado · Lake views

Wasserschloss Quilow

📍 ~55 km 🏛️ 1575

Renaissance · National architectural monument

One of the few preserved Renaissance buildings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with largely original building substance – an architectural monument of national value. Reopened in 2020 after 30 years of vacancy. Located directly at the Peenetal Nature Park.

✦ 450 years old · Moat · Peene Valley

Schloss Schlemmin

📍 ~70 km 🏛️ 1846–1850

Neo-Gothic · Knoblauch design · Near Baltic Sea

One of the most significant castle buildings in Western Pomerania in neo-Gothic style. Built by Berlin master builder Eduard Knoblauch on the foundations of a 14th-century moated castle. Today an event venue with guided tours – just a few kilometres from the Baltic Sea.

✦ Neo-Gothic masterpiece · 14th c. foundations · Baltic Sea