Barlach Town Güstrow

Imposing Palace Building and Playful Pleasure Garden

Ernst Barlach was already enthusiastic about the residential town of Güstrow. No wonder, given the imposing palace building with its playful pleasure garden in front of it, the old town with its half-timbered houses, the classicist town hall and the awe-inspiring cathedral, which today houses a sculpture by Barlach.

 

 

Güstrow Castle and the cathedral from the air - Barlachstadt Güstrow

"Güstrow is a Place where you can live - Despite Italy", Ernst Barlach.

With great pride, the city of Güstrow may call itself "Barlachstadt", because the sculptor, graphic artist and playwright Ernst Barlach settled here in 1910 and lived in Güstrow for almost 30 years. Today, three museums in Güstrow commemorate this important artist of the 20th century. In the Güstrow Cathedral even, the sculpture "The Floating" created by Ernst Barlach, adorns the venerable walls.

The Jewel in the Heart of the City

A well-known landmark of Güstrow is the Güstrow Castle. The popular photo motif of every visitor to Güstrow was built in the Renaissance style and completed in 1671. Guided tours through the castle offer historical insights worth knowing about past years.

Always worth a walk is the associated castle park, this was designed in the same Italian style as the castle and is in the form a rarity in Germany. Low box hedges now enclose nine beds of equal size. Shady arbors of hornbeam and an artificial moat enclose the area and harmoniously integrate the garden and palace into the city's system of ramparts and moats.

Stroll Through the Old Town

How about an impressive night watchman tour through the old town of Güstrow? Because Güstrow delights with numerous town houses of different eras, the classicist town hall, hidden cafés and galleries as well as picturesque backyards.

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Güstrow in Moving Pictures

Tour Tips for Exploring

Out and about by bike at Güstrow Castle, © TMV/Gänsicke

Residence Cities Circuit

  • Length: 285 km
  • Etappen: 5

The Dukes of Mecklenburg left behind a veritable flood of castles. Through disputes over the regency, they divided the land several times. The circular route follows the tracks of the dukes to the former residences - government palaces, summer residences, pleasure and hunting palaces.

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Manor house circuit

  • Length: 230 km
  • Etappen: 4

Manorial country estates reflect the former wealth of lords of the manor, blue-blooded aristocrats and highly decorated civil servants. In the hills of Mecklenburg Switzerland, the imposing country palaces are particularly densely populated.

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Hamburg-Rügen bike path

  • Length: 527 km
  • Etappen: 10

Stages: 10 | An enticing bike path connects northern Germany's largest city with Germany's largest island. It takes cyclists right through the middle of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: past fairy-tale castles and shimmering lakes, over hills in Mecklenburg Switzerland to the world-famous chalk cliffs of Rügen.

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Berlin-Copenhagen Cycle Route

  • Length: 699 km
  • Etappen: 10

Stages: 16 | Route length in MV: 260 km | Out of the metropolis and into nature. When city dwellers get hooked on the lakes, they can get in the saddle and cycle along well-maintained cycle paths past forests, lakes and fields not only to the Baltic Sea, but even beyond to Copenhagen.

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Hotels in Güstrow

© Daniel Stohl

Sweet Dream Hostel & Pension

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© Florian Busch

Hotel & Restaurant Kurhaus am Inselsee

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© Jagdschloss Bellin

Bellin hunting lodge

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© Florian Foest

Friedrichshof Manor

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© Gut Gremmelin

Gremmelin Estate

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Beach house at the Inselsee

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© Fischer

Vacation apartment "Gartenhaus am Inselsee

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© Schloß Vietgest

Vietgest castle

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© Gutshotel Groß Breesen

Manor Hotel Groß Breesen

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Villa, © Neil Kilindo

The mill villa Bützow

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© Gestüt Ganschow

Ganschow Stud Farm

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© Jan Hendrik Hertzsch

Ringhotel Old Town

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© Christina Czybik

Hotel & Restaurant at the castle park

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Family hotel at the zoo

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