Friedrichswalde Castle

Around 1880, the merchant and consul general Paul Wedekind, son of the German-Italian merchant and art patron Karl Wedekind, acquired the hunting lodge with its park. Paul Wedekind, whose family pursued economic interests in the Italian oil trade, lived primarily in Berlin and used the approximately 1000-hectare property in Friedrichswalde, Penzin, and Klein-Görnow exclusively for hunting. The building has a three-story tower at the rear and has been structurally simplified in the past. In 1945, the owners were dispossessed and expelled by the communists. During the GDR era, it served as a holiday home. Even today, the privately owned estate is a hotel and holiday resort. Construction measures are being carried out step by step to help restore the building to its former glory.