Top 4 Castles around Bergholz

The manor house is relatively inconspicuous, but its deep red color makes it visible from afar. It is located in an elongated rectangular estate with farm buildings and a baroque landscape park (with old trees and a fieldstone wall).

small but beautiful castle.

After the end of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Löcknitz was largely in ruins, with only the castle and the fortifications and the castle mill remaining. The rivers Welse and Randow now formed the new border between Brandenburg and Swedish Pomerania. As a result, Löcknitz with its fortified castle became an important Brandenburg border fortress against Sweden after 1650.

great facility with park. worth a visit

The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages. To this day, you can admire the church from 1738 and the farm, which includes a half-timbered family estate built in 1761 and 19th-century buildings of a distillery, a steam mill, a cowshed, two barns, a stable, a sheepfold and a stable for carriage horses. The farm buildings were built of both stone and baked brick.

The history of the city dates back to 1127, when the Slavs built a defensive stronghold in the Randow River valley. The first mention of a defensive structure in Löcknitz dates back to 1212, and in 1242 a bridge was built in place of the ford. For years, the border between Pomerania and Brandenburg running through here justifies the fortified character of the town. Once Löcknitz belonged to the Pomeranian princes, once to the Branderburgians. In the book Medieval Castles of Western Pomerania, Zbigniew Radacki wrote that the stronghold belonged to the bishops of Kamień. In 1280, a document on the division of the Kołobrzeg land was signed in the "castrum Lokenitz". In 1390, Bishop Filip von Rehberg renounced the castle to the princes of Szczecin, who gave it to the Wusses, knights from Lębork, "hus civitas i terra Lockenitze" for 3,000 marks towards the debt. Around 1400, the stronghold received a brick form, and in 1479 it came into the possession of the Schulenburg family. Then the place was rebuilt many times, in the mid-16th century it was converted into a Renaissance-style manor house. It lost its strategic importance in 1720 after the annexation of Brandenburg and Pomerania to Prussia.

Here is also the tourist information. The castle is beautifully situated on the lowlands of the Randow

In the barn, where 600 beets were grown in the GDR, today there are two dance studios and a cinema hall. In the former piggery - a German-Polish meeting center. In the old grain warehouse - a kitchen with a dining room, in the former distillery - a cafe. Only the palace has still not undergone a general renovation, although it bears a proud name: the International Center for Artistic Research. The history of Broellin dates back to the 12th century, when it was ruled by the knight Bralin. The historic manor farm has five hectares, with eight buildings with a total usable area of 12,500 square meters. When the GDR was collapsing, agricultural production according to the old model ceased to be profitable. Subsequent LPG facilities were excluded from it and a new user was frantically searched for. The location helped: only 30 km from the Polish border, 40 from Szczecin, and 130 from Berlin. Since 1992, it has been under the care of the Association: "schloss broellin e.V", which was founded by independent theater producers and directors, scenographers, theatrologists, musicians and sociologists, involved in the search for new paths in art. They organize artistic workshops, vernissages, concerts and performances in all fields. Their common goal is to search for links between art, knowledge and social life. From the beginning, they have used their location in the Polish-German border region for artistic exchange between the two countries. For 15 years, they have been closely cooperating with the KANA and PLECIUGA theaters in Szczecin. Every year, they actively participate in the KONTRAPUNKT Festival of Small Theatrical Forms.