It is Schwerin’s main tourist attraction.
The Royal Castle of Schwerin
It is definitely royal, in scale and ambition. Its construction almost ruined the town financially, so you can say it’s payback time. The Royal Castle of Schwerin was once the home of the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg – built mainly in the mid 19th century with clear architectural references to the grand castles on the Loire.
Today, it is used partly as a museum, partly as the Parliament for the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As we left the town to get on hiking the Seven Lakes of Schwerin, we kept looking back and out for a view of the castle.
The Royal Castle of Schwerin was quite impressive, the farther away we went.
We were impressed. Are you impressed?
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Impressive, maybe I can visit it sometime
Wow!
Jeff, you’re too kind. Thanks for taking time out from your busy schedule to drop by.
Magnificent and very reminiscent of the Loire Chateaux! This is now on my bucket list. Thx for the extraordinary photography too!
I’m very impressed! What a beautiful castle. I’ve never heard of this one before…thanks for sharing!
Yes! It’s totally impressive. I keep looking back at that top photo — beautiful!
I am TOTALLY impressed!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I’m excited to see some castles when I’m in Czech this summer. I hope they are as impressive as this!
Yes, way impressed! These are beautiful!
Wow, I’m more than impressed. That view must have taken you breath away.
Wow- beautiful photos! The light on the water is beautiful!
Very beautiful castle!! I love the view from further away as well. Am I impressed? Not really – I expect beautiful castles in Germany :)
Um, YES! I love castles and this one is definitely going on my list. It is gorgeous and I’d really like to learn more about it’s history.
hahaha, bling and schwing, Ted
Schwerin Castle has some major schwing effect.
I can see why the castle building broke the bank. What a beautiful sight to enjoy on your hike.
Wow! It’s actually one of my favorite german castles! (The other one is the one in Neuschwanstein)
It looks like it came right out of a fairy tale. I am certain there’s a beautiful Princess in there somewhat waiting for Prince Charming. . .just might take him a few years of searching to find her it is so enormous.
Yes. I am impressed. :)
That is a VERY impressive castle! The shot through the trees is my favourite as well. The water in the first couple of shots almost make it appear to be surrounded by a moat – it couldn’t possibly look more like a fairytale castle!
In third picture it looks like golden castle, very nice light.
What do you think, Sophie, should I perhaps play around with it in Flickr’s Aviary tool to make it look more Grimm?
Mette, the splendour of this castle was not quite obvious to us seen from the front with the scaffolding about, at least when we were there. There were some renovation work being done to the towers. It’s more romantic seen from the back, I find, which is what these pictures show really.
My fave is the one framed by the trees. Like a castle from a Grimms brothers’ tale.
It’s a very pretty castle, and its splendor took me by surprise the first time I went there.
That’s exactly how it looks like – a fairy tale castle.
I am way more than impressed! Love all the different angles you got here. I’m putting this on my list for my Germany castle sightseeing tour that we’ll go on one of these days. It is so incredibly beautiful and a fairy tale castle come to life. I would keep looking back for the view too.