Schlemmin Castle

The history of the estate dates back to the 14th century, when the von Thun family built a castle there. This original fortification, which was rebuilt several times and featured thick walls and a moat, was no longer usable by 1838. General Major Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun, who inherited the feudal estate of Schlemmin, then commissioned the Berlin architect Eduard Knoblauch to design a new manor house. Between 1846 and 1850, the current Schloss Schlemmin was built. In 1853, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV honored the castle with a visit and stayed overnight. After Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun's death in 1862, a Fideikommiss was established for the estates. Through marriage, the property passed to the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode and later to the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim, who leased the estate. In the 1930s and 1940s, the castle stood empty before being used as a military hospital from 1943 and later to accommodate refugees and displaced persons.