Remains of a Lost Castle

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In the forest on the Baltic Sea coast lie the remains of what was once a grand castle, built by a wealthy banker in the 1870s. The façade was made of marble, granite, and sandstone. The castle was a square, two-story building with colonnades on its sides that ended in open, temple-like pavilions. The latter are almost the only thing left to see today, apart from the stable building. In the 1930s, it was taken over by the navy, which set up a naval artillery school there. Because of its role in World War II, the castle was blown up in 1948 as part of land reform in the Soviet occupation zone. Since then, the remains have been lying dormant and are becoming increasingly overgrown.