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Semlow Castle
Semlow Castle is a manor house in the style of a neoclassical castle in Semlow in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The manor house was commissioned by Carl von Behr-Negendank and built by the Strelitz court architect Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel around 1825. Around 1850, the castle was expanded with the addition of an orangery and a two-story living area. The building served as the residence of the Behr von Negendank family until World War II. After 1945, the manor house was plundered and partially destroyed and it became the property of the municipality of Semlow, was renovated and used until 1989 as a school, kindergarten, dining hall and seat of the municipal library, among other things.
Today, the castle houses the municipal library, a billiard cafe, as well as a ballroom and a hunting cellar, which can be rented for festivities. Civil weddings are also performed here.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the municipality has been looking for a suitable buyer.
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At the time of its completion around 1826, the two-story castle consisted only of the current central part of the building. Its front facade, facing the village, has 15 window axes, of which the middle three are on the central risalit. Approximately halfway up the central risalit is a balcony supported by four columns and below it an entrance leading to the ballroom. The rear of the building is three-story and has 17 window axes, of which the middle five protrude from the building as a central risalit. The eastern extension was only built around 1850 as an orangery and was crowned by a square tower. This tower fell victim to the extensive renovation work after 1945, which is also responsible for the generally rather simple appearance today.
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