Traventhal Manor

The history of Traventhal began in the 17th century when Duke Johann Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön acquired the area and had a wooden hunting lodge built around 1684. The site gained prominence in 1700 with the Peace of Traventhal between Denmark and Sweden. Traventhal experienced its heyday under Duke Friedrich Karl from 1729, who had the old wooden castle demolished and replaced with a new building in 1738. Around the new castle, an extensive Rococo garden was created, considered one of the most significant in the duchies. After Friedrich Karl's death in 1761, the property passed to the Danish crown, and the castle was used less frequently. In the late 19th century, after Schleswig-Holstein became Prussian, a state stud farm was established on the grounds.