스폰홀츠‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪10‬개의 동굴

The three-part Slavic hillfort offers several tables and seating areas in its center for visitors to linger.

The over 750-year-old castle is the northernmost hilltop castle in Germany and the oldest secular building in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Originally built as the royal palace of the Margraves of Brandenburg, it is now a major tourist attraction. The complex comprises eleven buildings from various eras and one of Germany's northernmost vineyards with 1,200 vines. Visitors will find a museum, a herb garden with a café, a hotel, a castle inn, and the tourist information office. The 38-meter-high keep offers impressive views of the surrounding area.

Now we begin to explore the castle grounds. Slavs have settled here before. There was a chapel in the lower gate, originally with a drawbridge over the moat that was once filled with water. There were originally three moats. The castle was largely completed in 1270. https://youtu.be/sCNikq-kH-Q

We reach the herb garden via a narrow corridor between the Querdielenscheune and Amtsreiterhaus. It's wonderful to walk through here. The smell of the herbs around us, with a view of the keep, makes us want to nibble now and again. Let's discover some new things for our kitchen at home. https://youtu.be/sCNikq-kH-Q

Unfortunately, little is left of the old mill.

The still well-preserved pan mill of this paper mill, which was in operation until after the Second World War, is interesting.

An industrial ruin from 1761

After the First Upper Gate was badly damaged in 1352, the then lord of the castle, Johann I von Stargard, had the outer wall of the main castle broken through and a new gate built through which wagons could also drive.