Schwerin Castle Germany

On the day we arrived in Schwerin, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of filming the place was nearly scuppered by incredible volumes of rain. The exterior shots were taken in what turned out to be a brief and extremely lucky interlude in the weather, enabling me to stand opposite the castle for a few minutes before the heavens quite literally opened again. I have reliable opinion that this summer has been Germany's worst ever, and I believe it.
Home of the Dukes of Mecklenburg, Schwerin Castle rests on a site first used for a castle in the 9th century. It was conquered by Henry the Lion and his noblemen in the 12th century who built up a new fort from the ruins, and founded the city of Schwerin, now the capital of Mecklenburg, and the smallest capital in Germany with just under 100,000 inhabitants.
The descendents of Niklot who was deposed by Henry the Lion, bought back the site in the 14th century when they were made the Dukes of Mecklenburg. The castle was further developed in following centuries mostly by Duke Johann Albrecht I. (1525--1576). In the 17th century the thirty years war put paid to attempts to convert the castle into a Dutch Renaissance palace, but in the 19th century the whole place was rebuilt into the Gothic masterpiece it is today. It was designed by the architect George Demmler, who gained inspiration from the Renaissance castles of the Loire Valley, Chambord in particular. It was never completely finished, and after the revolution that occurred after the German capitulation in 1918, the Dukes left and the castle became a museum. During the communist years the castle was used as a teacher-training school.
Schwerin Castle has had 100 million Euros spent on it in recent years to bring it up to what it is today. Cruise passengers arriving at Rostock come here on day excursions.

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