Schlanstedt Castle

Schlanstedt Castle, today Schlanstedt Palace, is a fortified complex at Burg 1 on the southwestern edge of the Schlanstedt district of the Huy municipality in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt.

The castle was built in the 11th century by the Lords of Schlanstedt to protect the crossing over the Große Bruch and was first mentioned in 1267. Under the leadership of Bishop Count Albrecht von Wernigerode, the Diocese of Halberstadt acquired the castle from the von Spiegel family for 600 Brunswick Marks in the early 14th century. In the possession of the Counts of Regenstein, the castle was expanded in 1524. This was later followed by a conversion of the circular castle into a Tafelgut (demesne) by the Halberstadt bishops. From 1610 to 1620, the core castle was rebuilt again, resulting in a Renaissance palace, preserved to this day, from the medieval castellum.

In 1650, after the Thirty Years' War and the withdrawal of the Swedes, the palace was transferred to the Elector of Brandenburg and later to the Royal Prussian Domain Office. From 1836 to 1946, the castle was leased to the well-known seed breeding family Rimpau (1888 Wilhelm Rimpau). After the Second World War, refugee accommodations were set up in the castle.

After the castle came into the possession of the municipality of Schlanstedt in 1994, the 24-meter-deep well in the inner courtyard was uncovered again. In 2001, the Blume-Brümmer family acquired the castle and the castle garden. From 2002, dismantling and renovations of the castle and park took place, as well as structural safety measures.