Schloss Dammsmühle

In its long history since 1650, Dammsmühle Castle has experienced a lot: from its original use as a mill, to the conversion to a manor house (where Napoleon also visited), at times as a place for entertainment and during the Nazi regime as a satellite camp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After the war, the Red Army occupied the Dammsmühle, followed by the Stasi.

Nothing came of the plans to open the baroque manor house to the public again after reunification. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, the decaying Dammsmühle Castle with its enchanted forest and swamp landscape is a fascinating destination for excursions that you can wonderfully explore from the outside.

getting there
Reachable on foot or by bike in 2.7 kilometers from Schönwalde train station.

The municipal council Wandlitz has decided on 31.05.2016:
The building administration is instructed to negotiate with the applicant or potential project bearer with regard to the conclusion of an urban development contract and to prepare this conclusion.
 A regional planning request must be submitted to the responsible Joint State Planning Department.
 After completion of the town planning contract and the positive land planning inquiry, the installation decision must be prepared and submitted for decision. The present draft of the urban development contract is submitted to the municipal council for approval.
ris.wandlitz.de/bi/vo020.asp?VOLFDNR=4590

A wonderful Lost Place

The castle is beautiful, too bad it is in a very bad condition.

Unfortunately, the decline continues ... seeing such a beautiful object so decaying is already regrettable .....

Dilapidated castle with a lot of history (see Wikipedia)

It was nice, now it is
partially the access closed

Old abandoned hunting lodge with moving history.

In the elongated extension, the remains of the bowling alley can be seen.

A really nice lost place with very nice surroundings with a lot of forest and a beautiful lake, which you can easily walk around.

Summer 2021. The house is scaffolded and the construction site is fenced. Construction workers live on site and also guard.

There is still a lot of it, which gives an impression of the former beauty of the castle. And it is shocking to see everything decay.

Former, now abandoned castle, with a lot of history.

Here is a little movie

Nice park, unfortunately the castle in a miserable condition.
Very eventful history.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Dammsm%C3%BChle

Currently being renovated. You can look forward to the result.

unfortunately a construction site, come back in a few years when it looks chic. Let's see how long it will last =OI)

Place with a lot of history. Worse fact: in 1940 a Jewish family was expropriated and the castle became privately owned by Heinrich Himmler. He had 20 to 25 forced laborers renovate it.

Not quite “Lost Place” anymore. A fence prevents access. In addition, it is currently being extensively restored. A beautiful thing, I think. But I can't say what's going to happen next. private property? Museum? We will see!

Dilapidated castle with a small lake