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Liebenberg Castle

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Location: Löwenberger Land, Oberhavel, Ruppiner Lakeland, Brandenburg, Germany

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1. Liebenberg Castle Park – Liebenberg Castle loop from Löwenberg (Mark)

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2. Liebenberg Castle Park – Papensee loop from Liebenberg

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3. Liebenberg Castle – Bench With Lake View loop from Liebenberg

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manulie

March 4, 2017

A very well-kept complex with a moving history. Here at the Liebenberg Castle and Gut, people with and without disabilities come together in their everyday work. The associated farm shop has a number of delicacies and regional specialties to offer.

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Chorknabe

October 29, 2019

Very well maintained and freely accessible facility with farm shop, hotel and lots of parking spaces. Here you have the opportunity to walk on the castle grounds as well as to hike through the woods.
A tip are the events on the site.

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Cornell Paasche

July 20, 2017

Beautiful park with park pond and tea house. In the Liebenberg Castle there is a hotel and restaurant with a terrace. There is also the Nordic Hall and the Inspector's House, which houses a museum.

In the courtyard there is also the Liebenberger Church, a medieval stone church with the Hertefeld crypt.

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MR.S

August 11, 2019

At the edge of the path you can enjoy the view of the lake and the park from the bench in the shade.

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Beyond the Horizon

February 19, 2023

Liebenberg Castle is another highlight of the region and is located near the White Lake. The castle is a historic complex from the 14th century and has been repeatedly expanded and rebuilt over the centuries.

Today the castle houses a hotel and offers its guests an unforgettable ambience. The castle is surrounded by an extensive park and offers a fantastic view of the White Lake.

If you want to take a break from the hike, you can visit the castle and go on a journey through time. The castle museum shows numerous exhibits from bygone times and offers an insight into the history of the region.

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DKB STIFTUNG

August 11, 2023

The origins of the castle building in Liebenberg probably date back more than 500 years.
In 1460, the diocese of Brandenburg sold the small town of Löwenberg, including Liebenberg, to the prominent von Bredow family from Brandenburg. After the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Prussian chief hunter Jobst Gerhard von und zu Hertefeld (1594-1659), who came from Kleve, bought the Liebenberg property with two houses in 1652.

The Hertefelds settled Lower Rhine and Dutch families who were skilled at building dikes and canals and reclaiming the swampy landscape. Ludwig Casimir built the first one-story manor house between 1743 and 1747. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Karl Adolf Freiherr von und zu Hertefeld (1794-1867) led the property to new prosperity. He built a larger manor house on the site of the first building in 1833/1834, which became the starting point of the castle.

He remained childless and bequeathed the Liebenberg properties to his great-niece, who was married to the East Prussian Count Philipp Conrad zu Eulenburg (1820-1889). Around 1875, he expanded the manor house to include a hall wing with a stair tower and a terrace facing the park. This expansion gave the building complex a castle feel for the first time. His son Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg from 1900, and Hertefeld (1847-1921), close friend and advisor of Kaiser Wilhelm II, added numerous representative buildings in a historicizing style to the palace complex. Among other things, a chapel was built as an extension of the hall wing and a courtyard branching off towards the church. With the relocation of the road that was once near the castle to its current course, a park-like and representative driveway with small hunters' houses was created, and the castle courtyard gate was built, on the pillars of which two lions were enthroned.

The courtyard bar was probably destroyed by arson in 1945 and was only rebuilt in 2004 as an event and conference room. The T-shaped lock bar was spared from the fire, but was looted from 1945 onwards after the royal family fled and was expropriated. In 1946 Liebenberg became an SED school property.

After 1989, the castle and estate were leased several times until it was acquired by the DKB STIFTUNG in 2005 for social commitment. It is based here and maintains Schloss & Gut Liebenberg in accordance with the principles of monument protection.

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Anna

August 12, 2022

The former manor house is situated on 1,900 hectares of parkland. In GDR times it was a SED model estate, after reunification it was released for sale along with the adjacent village. Today it is a hotel run by the DKB Foundation. The focus is on supporting educational projects, monument preservation, art and culture. People with disabilities can also find career prospects here.

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DerWandererMitHut

October 25, 2022

We included the castle in one of our hikes.

We walk through the park to the back of the estate with its functional buildings and the church.
We are pleasantly surprised; everything has been largely restored and there are information boards describing the history everywhere.
We discover the museum in the old Inspector House, the oldest surviving half-timbered building in the region, from 1698.
We didn't find much about this in our preliminary research, but we are amazed at its scope.
The story begins in 1267 with the first mention of Liebenberg.
We were not prepared for the wealth of information.
In another building we see the lapidarium, for which you can get a key.
At least two hours must be planned for the park and museum.

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DKB STIFTUNG

May 17, 2024

In summer 2024 there will be three open-air cinemas in the castle park and on the castle grounds:

June 8th, 2024, 9:30 p.m.: A Star is Born
June 22nd, 2024, 9:30 p.m.: Anatomy of a Case
July 20th, 2024, 9:30 p.m.: Just something nice
Admission costs 9 euros.

On July 6th, 2024 the Havelländer Puppenbühe will be visiting. Performances at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., for children up to 10 years old, admission free, no registration necessary.

On June 9th, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Brandenburg Country Party will take place at Liebenberg Castle & Estate, with workshops, forest and herb tours and a varied program for young and old. Admission is free, registration is not necessary.

All information about the summer program at Liebenberg Castle and Estate can be found at: dkb-stiftung.de

From May 5th to October 27th, 2024, the "Café im Lindenhaus" in the castle park offers the opportunity to have brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and to enjoy coffee and cake from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Delicious delicacies from the castle kitchen are served. The Café im Lindenhaus asks for a reservation at schloss-liebenberg.de.

And once a month, on May 5th, June 2nd, July 7th and August 4th, 2024, the DKB STIFTUNG Museum offers a free guided tour of the estate grounds at 2 p.m. on the 800-year history of Liebenberg.

The meeting point is the Kaiserbrunnen in the castle courtyard. Registration is not necessary.

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Lutz

September 3, 2024

Very well preserved castle with a restaurant. Beautifully landscaped park with the grave of composer Botho Sigwart Graf zu Eulenburg.

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