Varchentin Castle

Varchentin Castle is a listed, former manor house in Varchentin, a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).

The broad, plastered building stands on an irregular floor plan. It was built in 1847 by the Swiss architect Auguste de Meuron, based on the forms of English and Venetian Gothic (Tudor style). The client was the Hamburg merchant Gottlieb Jenisch. The silhouette is characterized by building parts of different heights. Laterally, the building is characterized by battlements and towers. In 1875, ownership passed to the Counts Grote through marriage; the last owner of this family was Friedrich Franz Graf Grote. The buildings were plundered after 1945. In the following period, the complex was used to house refugees and then as a school for forestry technology. After several changes of ownership in the subsequent period, the castle fell into disrepair. An investor bought it in early 2006, intending to renovate it and convert it into a hotel complex. Since 2008, these efforts have ceased.