In 1485 the estate was a fiefdom of von Zitzewitz. After the Thirty Years War, part of the estate was sold to the Massows. In the 18th century it came to the von Podewils, through marriage to Constantin Freiherr von Blumenthal. He had to sell the estate in 1867 due to over-indebtedness. Otto von Bismarck, whose wife grew up on a neighboring estate, became the new owner. Wilhelm von Bismarck had the palace expanded with a neo-baroque wing. Inside, Otto von Bismarck's study with original furniture and a large Silesian tiled stove can be viewed today. An education center is now housed in the carriage shed opposite the castle. Johanna von Bismarck's rose garden once existed in the extensive landscape park. The Bismarck family mausoleum and the graves of Bismarck's dogs are also on the property. Source: Wikipedia The castle is now a forestry college and is accessible.