Wustrau Castle

The origins of the estate date back to 1690, when the Cavalier's House was built. In 1699, Hans Joachim von Zieten was born in the old manor house. Between 1747 and 1750, a first castle building in a rural baroque style was erected. Wustrau Castle received its current architectural appearance in the last third of the 19th century under Count Albert-Julius von Zieten-Schwerin. The associated landscape park was laid out around 1830. From 1750, an ice cellar belonged to the estate, decorated with herms created by Friedrich Christian Glume; these were restored between 1991 and 2003. During World War II, the castle temporarily served as the headquarters of the SS-Wehrwirtschaftsführung and a central SS command post, from which the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps were allegedly administered. Shortly before the end of the war, SS chief Heinrich Himmler had his command post here.