# Spyker Castle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Spyker_Castle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Spyker_Castle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyker_Castle > Source revision: 1322731448 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Historic building in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Spyker Castle" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Spyker Castle (2011) Spyker Castle Spyker Castle around 1860, [Alexander Duncker](/source/Alexander_Duncker) Collection The **Spyker Castle** ([German](/source/German_language): *Schloss Spy(c)ker*) and estate lie on the territory of the municipality of [Glowe](/source/Glowe) in the district of [Vorpommern-Rügen](/source/Vorpommern-R%C3%BCgen) in the German state of [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Spycker Castle is the oldest profane structure on the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) island of [Rügen](/source/R%C3%BCgen). ## History Spycker was first recorded in 1318. It belonged at that time to the [Stralsund](/source/Stralsund) patrician family, the von Külpens. In 1344 a daughter from the House of von Külpen married the [Jasmunds](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Jasmund&action=edit&redlink=1). As a result, the Spyker branch of the von Jasmunds was founded which died without issue in 1648. As a result of the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War), [Pomerania](/source/Pomerania), and hence Rügen, fell to [Sweden](/source/Sweden) under the [Treaty of Westphalia](/source/Treaty_of_Westphalia) in 1648. As a reward for his wartime services, Queen [Christine of Sweden](/source/Christine_of_Sweden) gave the now empty seat of Spycker in 1649 to the Swedish field marshal and later governor-general of [Swedish Pomerania](/source/Swedish_Pomerania), [Carl Gustav Wrangel](/source/Carl_Gustav_Wrangel). The castle, originally furnished with a defensive moat, was remodelled after 1650 into its present appearance as a [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance_architecture) *[schloss](/source/Schloss)* and painted in Swedish [Falu red](/source/Falu_red), which was atypical of Rügen. Fully sculptured stucco ceilings, unique in the Baltic region, date to around 1652. After the death of Carl Gustav Wrangel in 1676, the property passed to his daughter Eleanora-Sophia, wife of the Lord of [Putbus](/source/House_of_Putbus). Eleanora-Sophia died in 1687, and the property went to the Swedish family of Brahe, with whom her older sister was connected by marriage. After its occupation by the [Napoleonic](/source/Napoleon_Bonaparte) troops in 1806/07 Spycker temporarily became the seat of the French governor of Rügen. In 1815, Rügen, which had hitherto been Swedish, was handed over to [Prussia](/source/Prussia). [Magnus Fredrik Brahe](/source/Magnus_Fredrik_Brahe) sold Spycker in 1817 and it came into the possession of Prince [Wilhelm Malte I](/source/Wilhelm_Malte_I) of Putbus. Until the land reform in the [Soviet Occupation Zone](/source/Soviet_Occupation_Zone) in 1945, the estate remained in the possession of the von Putbus family. In subsequent years, the castle was left to decay. From the 1960s until 1989, the East German trade union federation, [FDGB](/source/FDGB), used the castle as a holiday home. Since 1990, the castle has been used as a hotel and, in 1995, it was restored in line with its historical appearance. The hotel has 32 guest rooms. ### Current use In March 2006, the castle and its 67,000-square-foot estate was purchased at a forced sale by the present owner. The buyer was the architect, Dominik von Boettinger, who, in addition to the hotel and restaurant operation of the castle, also wants to use it as a cultural centre with exhibitions, concerts, readings, and a sculpture park. ## References ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Spyker Castle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Spyker). - [Literature about Spyker Castle](http://www.landesbibliographie-mv.de/REL?PPN=234483369) in the State Bibliography (*Landesbibliographie*) of [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - [Spycker Castle in the mid-19th century (Duncker Collection)](http://www.zlb.de/digitalesammlungen/SammlungDuncker/06/311%20Schloss%20Spycker.pdf) - [Map of Swedish estates with the site of Spycker Castle in September 1694](http://www.dhm.uni-greifswald.de/djvuMaps/AV92.djvu) [54°33′25″N 13°30′49″E / 54.55694°N 13.51361°E / 54.55694; 13.51361](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Spyker_Castle¶ms=54_33_25_N_13_30_49_E_type:landmark_region:DE-MV) v t e Castles in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg Schloss Bothmer Bülow Hunting Lodge Dargun Palace Festung Dömitz Friedrichsmoor Hunting Lodge Schloss Gadebusch Jagdschloss Gelbensande Grubenhagen Castle Güstrow Palace Schloss Hohenzieritz Schloss Kaarz Schloss Kittendorf Liepser Schlösschen Ludwigslust Palace Schlossinsel Mirow Alte Burg Neustadt-Glewe Neues Schloss Neustadt-Glewe Schloss Neustrelitz Alte Burg Penzlin Schloss Neue Burg Penzlin Plau Castle Festungsanlage Poel Schloss Roggenhagen Schwerin Castle Stargard Castle Schloss/Rittergut Steinbeck Stuer Castle Schloss Varchentin Wesenberg Castle Schloss Wiligrad Wredenhagen Castle Löcknitz Castle Vorpommern Conerow Castle Haus Demmin Schloss Hohendorf Schloss Karlsburg Klempenow Castle Landskron Castle Löcknitz Castle Müggenburg Water Castle Osten Castle Quitzin Hunting Lodge Wasserschloss Quilow Schloss Schlemmin Spantekow Fortress Schloss Ueckermünde Schloss Wrodow Isle of Rügen Jaromarsburg Granitz Hunting Lodge Dwasieden Castle Putbus Palace Spyker Castle Isle of Usedom Wasserschloss Mellenthin Schloss Pudagla Schloss Stolpe Also See: Castles in Germany --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Spyker Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyker_Castle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyker_Castle?action=history)). 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