Friday, 10 October 2014

DE-3544160 Schloss Spyker … in winter

The Spyker Castle (German: Schloss Spyker) and its 67,000 square-foot estate are located on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Spycker was first recorded in 1318. As a result of the Thirty Years' War, Pomerania, and hence Rügen, fell to Sweden under the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.  In 1815, Rügen was handed over to Prussia.

After the second world war, Schloss Spyker was left to decay. From the 1960s until 1989, the East German trade union federation, 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. Currently it is in private hands and the present owners intend to use Schloss Spyker besides its hotel and restaurant operations, as a cultural centre with exhibitions, concerts, readings, and a sculpture park.

This postcard of Schloss Spyker in winter came from Norbert V. (10 October 2014) Postcrossing.

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