Schwerin Castle

Schwerin Castle
Schwerin Castle in 2023
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Alternative names	Schwerin Castle
General information
Town or city	Schwerin
Country	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany
Coordinates	53°37′27″N 11°25′08″E / 53.62417°N 11.41889°E / 53.62417; 11.41889
Completed	1857
Website
www.schwerin.de/kultur-tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schloss-schwerin/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Schwerin Residence Ensemble
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Designated	2023 (46th session)
Reference no.	1705

Schwerin Castle (German: Schweriner Schloss, also known as Schwerin Palace, German pronunciation: [ʃvɛ ʁiːn']) 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.

For centuries, the castle on the present site was the home of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg-Schwerin, although few parts of the pre-19th century castle have survived. Today, parts of the castle serve as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament (German: Landtag) while other parts are used for the palace museum, a restaurant, and cultural events, like open-air theatre in the courtyard.

Significant 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. The castle is regarded as one of the most important works of Romantic historicism in Europe, and is nicknamed the "Neuschwanstein of the North".^[1]

In 2023, Schwerin Castle was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.^[2]