Großmühlingen Castle

Großmühlingen Castle is located in the Magdeburg Börde, in Großmühlingen (Bördeland municipality, Saxony-Anhalt). Three-winged Renaissance and Baroque complex on the site of a medieval moated castle.

The place is first attested in 936 as "Mulinga", when King Otto I assigned part of the income to Quedlinburg Abbey. A lowland castle, probably from the 12th century, is clearly mentioned as a moated castle in 1318. In the same year, Archbishop Burchard III of Magdeburg destroyed it; Count Albrecht von Arnstein had it rebuilt with Magdeburg's help. Later possession of the Counts of Barby-Mühlingen.

From 1531, Count Wolfgang I von Barby erected a Renaissance residence on the castle ruins. After a fire in 1585, Count Wolfgang II and Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst rebuilt the west wing on 14th-century foundations. 1632 Plundering by Pappenheim's troops. 1659 Anhalt-Zerbst; Prince Anton Günther used the house as a residence from 1669. The pavilion-like central building from 1705–14 shaped the overall Baroque appearance.

Narrow courtyard, to the south wall with gate passage. Foundations 14th century, ground floor with cross-rib vaulting of the 16th century, another floor in the 17th century.