Remplin Castle

The history of the Remplin estate dates back to 1405, when it came into the possession of the Counts of Hahn. The original Renaissance castle underwent transformation into a three-winged Baroque complex in the mid-18th century. Due to financial difficulties of the “Theater Count” Carl Friedrich von Hahn, the property had to be sold in 1816. After several changes of ownership, Duke Georg zu Mecklenburg acquired the castle and estate in 1852 on the occasion of his marriage. From 1860, he had the Baroque park redesigned into an English landscape garden, based on plans by Peter Joseph Lenné. From 1865, the castle itself was redesigned by the Berlin architect Friedrich Hitzig in the Neo-Renaissance style, with the facades and interiors decorated. After the Russian Revolution, the castle became the permanent residence of the family from 1923. In April 1940, the castle fell victim to a fire, the cause of which remains unexplained to this day. Only the north wing survived. Reconstruction did not take place, and after 1945, the property was expropriated.