Top 13 Castles around Bergen auf Rügen

Schloss Ralswiek is one of the most striking buildings on the island of Rügen. It combines historical architecture with a picturesque location directly on the Großer Jasmunder Bodden. Particularly worth seeing is the magnificent interior, including a design (especially the hall and staircase) by the famous Art Nouveau artist Henry van de Velde.

The Libnitz manor house is for sale, and anyone with more than 3 million euros will be able to call themselves the "owner of the castle" in the future. Unfortunately, the surrounding buildings are not in good condition. The farm buildings, some of which look dilapidated, are used for agriculture and livestock farming and do not do the manor house justice.

The manor house in Libnitz was built in the first half of the 19th century. The builder was Fritz Alfred Meyer, son of Selma Schichau, whose father founded the Schichau works in Elbing in October 1837. Fritz Alfred Meyer was married to Friderike Sarnow. Together they bore the family name Meyer-Sarnow. The Meyer-Sarnow family managed the estate until the end of World War II in 1945. Before the arrival of the Red Army, the family fled to the West. After the expropriation, the building and the usable space became municipal property and several rental apartments were set up in the house. In 2000, the municipality sold the property to private investors, who carried out extensive renovations on the house from 2001 to 2003 in order to use it for tourist purposes.

From the car park on the B96 you have the best views of the castle from a distance. It is practically impossible to miss it if you drive past here in the direction of Lietzow. In 1892, the railway engineer Bopp, who was responsible for the construction of the Bergen-Sassnitz railway line, acquired the property. He had the castle built, which is partly a copy of Lichtenstein Castle near Reutlingen. In 1896, the bank director Rudolf F. acquired the castle, and after 1920 the owners changed frequently. Restoration work was carried out in 1960, but the building continued to deteriorate. Several families lived in the castle, who moved out by 1992. The building has been privately owned since 1997 and has been extensively reconstructed and renovated since then. It is used as a residential building. https://gutshaeuser.de/guts_herrenhaeuser/gutshaeuser_l/schloesschen_lietzow

The manor house was sold by the municipality to Tassilo Klöckner in 2000 and apartments and holiday homes were built there.

Anyone who wanders the island of Rügen with a keen eye will notice them again and again: extensively renovated manor houses and stately palaces. Sadly, however, two of the most magnificent buildings have been lost – the princely Putbus Palace and the "white palace by the sea," Dwasieden Palace. The Sassnitz district of Dwasieden is somewhat hidden in the southwest of the traditional port town, which usually attracts tourists primarily for its maritime flair and as the gateway to Jasmund National Park with its famous chalk cliffs. Here, on a hill above the Baltic Sea, there once stood one of the most beautiful parks in all of Northern Germany and, with Dwasieden Palace, the most valuable building on the island of Rügen. Today, nothing remains of all this splendor except for a huge complex of ruins in the middle of the forest. In addition to the demolition of the castle in 1948, this is also due to the decades-long military use of the area, beginning in 1934 with the Nazi Navy, its use as a refugee and quarantine camp immediately after the war, and culminating in the use of the East German People's Navy. What the future holds for Dwasieden is still largely up in the air. Plans to establish a large spa resort here have so far come to nothing. https://www.ostseeappartements-ruegen.de/blog/insider-tipps/lost-places-auf-ruegen-das-schloss-dwasieden.php

Dwasieden the white castle by the sea or rather a lost place. But please be careful, it is not entirely without problems. There are holes in the ground and in some places the fuel bunker smells of diesel

a mystical place and a real "Lost Place" You really have to stroll through the forest to discover the ruins. The beech forest around Dwasieden is a dream - industrial or military ruins and castle ruins mixed with a beautiful dense beech forest in sunshine with birdsong. Here you can experience live that nature reclaims everything.