Plenty of red bricks were used to construct this Renaissance Revival style palace built between 1885 and 1887 from the drawings of the architect Hermann Willebrand.
In the beginning the schloss served as a summer residence for the court of Schwerin, the nearby capital, but was later used as a permanent residence for a number of the court's members. During World War II the palace was used as a hospital until the allied forces occupied the region before handing it over to the Soviet forces in the summer of 1945. Starting in 1947 the schloss housed a forestry engineering school which ran until the mid 90s when it moved out and the palace and surrounding lands were sold on auction. The Swiss real estate firm that won the auction let the castle fall into disrepair and it was eventually re-aquired by the municipality in 2019.
As of December 2023 the palace is being renovated and the grounds used for cultural events. There are also plans to develop the site extensively even though_
