Schwerin Palace
The magnificent palace is located on an island between Schweriner See and Burgsee. The many towers and small towers and the richly decorated facade give the Schwerin Palace a fairy-tale look. Quite rightly it is called the Neuschwanenstein of the north. Today, it is one of the most important architectural monuments of Historism in Europe.
It was built in the place where once the Slavic castle 'Zuarin', stood. The castle was burned down by the Obotriten Count Niklot in 1160, during a dispute with Henry the Lion. In the 16th and 17th-century, the rebuilt castle received through structural changes its palace character.
In the 19th-century, it became the residence of the Mecklenburg dukes once again. Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, redesigned the unpretentious old palace with the help of the famous master builders Demmler, Semper and Stüler.
Since the autumn of 1990, the Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania state parliament has its seat in the Schwerin Palace.
A museum is part of the palace.