Genshagen Castle

The manor house Schloss Genshagen is located in the eponymous village of Genshagen, which belongs to the city of Ludwigsfelde in the Brandenburg district of Teltow-Fläming, southwest of the federal capital Berlin.

The castle, originally the manor of Baron von Eberstein, was rebuilt starting in 1880 over a two-year construction period and was renovated and expanded from 1910 to 1912 and again in 1914. The castle was gifted to Pauline Frederike von Eberstein, the Baron's daughter.

In 1948, the family of the builder Carl Ferdinand Schulz was dispossessed and expelled by the communists. Throughout the entire GDR era, the castle housed an agricultural academy. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, an educational institution of the then Brandenburg Minister for Social Affairs, Regine Hildebrandt, moved in, later joined by the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute (BBi) for German-French Cooperation in Europe e.V. as a subtenant. In the mid-1990s, the institute became the sole user. From 2000 to 2003, the castle was renovated and modernized both inside and out; now, in addition to conference and office rooms, there is also a library and 21 guest rooms. The association was converted into a foundation in 2005, which has since also been the owner of the property.