Griebenow Castle

The origins of the Griebenow estate date back to the early 13th century, founded after 1219 by the Cistercian monastery of Eldena and first documented in 1248. In the 14th century, ownership passed to various feudal lords, including the von Rausche family, who owned the entire village of Griebenow by the 15th century. After the family died out during the Thirty Years' War, the estate fell to the Swedish crown. In 1648, Gerdt Anthon von Keffenbrinck, later ennobled as Rehnskiöld, was enfeoffed with the estate. Between 1648 and 1654, he had a family crypt built in the castle chapel, a rare 15-sided half-timbered central structure. His son, Field Marshal Carl Gustaf von Rehnskiöld, inherited the estate only in 1702 and had the dilapidated castle rebuilt between 1707 and 1709.