Schwerin Castle is a 19th-century Schloss built in the historicist style located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany.

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🏰 Schwerin Castle is a 19th-century Schloss built in the historicist style located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany. It is situated on an island in the city’s main lake, Lake Schwerin.

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For centuries, the castle was the home of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Today parts of it serve as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament while other parts are used for the palace museum, a restaurant, and cultural events, like open air theatre in the courtyard.

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Major parts of the current palace were built between 1845 and 1857, as a collaboration between the eminent historicist architects Gottfried Semper, Friedrich August Stüler, Georg Adolf Demmler, and Ernst Friedrich Zwirner.

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The castle is regarded as one of the most important works of Romantic historicism in Europe, and was designated a World Heritage Site in 2024. It is nicknamed the “Neuschwanstein of the North”. @unescoworldheritage

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Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of King Christian X and Queen of Denmark from 1912 to 1947, was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at the castle on Christmas Eve of 1879.

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