Waldsee Castle

Jagdschloss Waldsee is a former hunting lodge in the Waldsee district of the municipality of Feldberger Seenlandschaft (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district). It is located in the Serrahn part of the Müritz National Park and is used as a hotel.

The hunting lodge on the shore of Lake Schulzen was built from 1899 to 1900 by the Hereditary Grand Duke, later Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz], Adolf Friedrich V. At the same time, the 6000-hectare Lüttenhägener game enclosure was created, which served as a hunting ground for the grand ducal family.

After 1916, the hunting lodge passed into the possession of Prince Julius Ernst zur Lippe through marriage to Duchess Marie zu Mecklenburg. In the 1930s, the first state hunting ground in Mecklenburg was established here. In 1945, the owners were dispossessed and expelled by the communists.

After being used as a refugee and apprentice dormitory for the forestry until 1954, the hunting lodge served as a recreation home for the Ministry for State Security until the end of the GDR. During this time, the historical furnishings of the castle were completely lost.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the castle complex has been used as an excursion restaurant and hotel. Acquired by the Bischoff family in 2002, extensive restoration, conversion, expansion, and new construction work followed. In 2009, the redesigned hotel complex reopened its doors.