Remplin Castle

The palace grounds had been in the possession of the comital family von Hahn since 1405. The actual palace consisted of an older Renaissance building, which was transformed into a three-winged Baroque complex in the mid-18th century by the addition of two side wings.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Carl Friedrich von Hahn, known as the "Theater Count," became increasingly indebted due to his passion for the stage, and the Remplin estates finally had to be sold in 1816. The first new owner was Georg Wilhelm von Schaumburg-Lippe, who sold the palace and estate to Karl von Maltzahn in 1848. In 1852, Duke Georg zu Mecklenburg, the younger son of Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, acquired the estate and palace as a Fideikommissherrschaft (entailed estate) for himself and his descendants on the occasion of his marriage to Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna Romanova. From 1860, he had the 35-hectare Baroque park, which was considered one of the largest in Mecklenburg, redesigned into an English landscape garden. The plans for this came from Peter Joseph Lenné. From 1865, the palace was also reshaped, with the Berlin architect Friedrich Hitzig renewing the facades in the Neo-Renaissance style. After the completion of the work, the central Corps de Logis was provided with a magnificent, arcaded loggia, and the decorations of the garden facade were designed in Beaux-Arts architecture based on French models. The interiors were also redecorated. Great importance was placed on exquisite furnishings; both the materials for the renovation and the artworks and furniture were largely acquired in Italy and France. The house's library is said to have comprised around 12,000 volumes.

The palace was inhabited until the 20th century, though not continuously at first. Only after the Russian Revolution, when the family managed to flee to the West, did the house become home to Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg and his family, as well as his aunt Duchess Helene zu Mecklenburg(-Strelitz), from 1923. From 1930, Carl Michael zu Mecklenburg also spent his last years in Remplin. The family of Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg was persecuted by the National Socialists, among other reasons, due to their dynastic connections to Russia and their political Catholicism (Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg had converted to the Catholic Church in 1920). On the evening of April 10, 1940, the palace caught fire for reasons that remain unclear to this day. Arson is suspected for the reasons mentioned, but could never be proven. Newspaper reports at the time suggested that a chimney fire was to blame for the disaster. The fire reduced the main building to rubble and ashes; only the north wing could be saved from destruction. With the palace, various art treasures of the ducal family were lost. The family left Remplin Palace after the fire and did not return; Georg Alexander was later taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Due to the turmoil of the Second World War and the family's situation in Germany, a reconstruction was not considered. After 1945, the entire property was finally expropriated.

On the palace grounds, the former outbuildings of the complex can still be found today, such as the 37-meter-high gate tower from 1750, the farm buildings, and the estate church. The palace park with the observatory tower from 1801 is also partially preserved, with a 200-year-old lime tree avenue and the Baroque basic structure still recognizable in places. The park area is maintained and accessible to visitors.