Schlosshotel Burg Schlitz

Burg Schlitz is a slice of heaven on earth. Here you don´t come around accidentally. Whoever once succumbed to the magic of this place will return again and again. A unique place, created with loving care, blessed with a long history and tradition.

A magnificent country mansion amidst divine nature, Here Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania opens its heart and grants a deep look inside. The perfect address for all who love a classy and genteel country life, who seek quiet and relaxation in a stylish and sophisticated atmosphere.

Superb accommodation, exceptional alternatives for staying overnight – yes, however, we provide anything but a typical hotel-atmosphere. While staying with us you will experience a “Living in a Castle”.

Consequently, our 12 rooms and 8 suites are equipped with stylish Biedermeier antiquities and custom-made furniture by the legendary and traditional manufacturer “Deutsche Werkstaetten”, Hellerau. You will be welcomed by generous comfort and ample space for positive reflections.

GRAND SUITE “TOWER-SUITE”

A most elegant Suite with a living area of more than 200 square metres and a separate, private entrance. It offers highest living comfort with its white marble fire-place, brand VI-SPRING luxury bed.

Spacious bathroom (bathtub & level-access shower), dressing-room, a very spacious sun-terrace, 2 deck-chairs and sitting-area with dining-table and adjoining so-called Sun-Room which owes its name due to an antique ceiling-decoration.

GRAND SUITE – “COUNT’S APARTMENT”

The private apartment of Count von Schlitz. The restored parquet-flooring dates back to the time of the Bassewitz-Schlitz family.

Today, the Count’s Apartment is equipped with a drawing-room, a salon, a bedroom, a bathroom with bathtub and shower, a walk-in wardrobe and precious Biedermeier antiquities. A remarkable highlight of the salon is its beautifully restored historical and richly decorated gold-leaf ceiling.

“BLUE SUITE”

As its name betrays: this suite is characterized by a light-blue salon, contrasted by a deep-blue carpet. It is furthermore equipped with a bedroom, a rust-red bathroom with bathtub and shower, a walk-in wardrobe and antique Biedermeier furniture. Enjoy a marvellous panorama of Mecklenburg-Switzerland.

Exquisite Gastronomy
in our “Crest-Hall Gourmet Restaurant”

A historical place for a stylish cuisine – indulge in noble aromas and in this distinctive atmosphere of our “Crest-Hall Gourmet Restaurant”. Romantically illuminated by numerous candles for a culinary theme-night, or light-flooded for festivals and evening-parties – the perfect location for your culinary expeditions!

In our “Crest-Hall Gourmet Restaurant” kitchen-chef Sabine Teubler serves a selection of daily changing menus, according to season, in a Neo-Gothic ambience, inspired by the “Grand cuisine aromatique” ( i.e. the classical French kitchen ) and crowned by most exquisite regional ingredients. We are pleased to accept your reservation by telephone or through online reservation.

Cafe & Brasserie
“Louise”

Only the best from the market, the surrounding lakes, the nearby sea and naturally from our Castle’s own hunting grounds.

Every day a delicious challenge for our passionate castle-cooks who carry their homeland both in their pots and in their hearts, with an exquisite sense for aromas and textures and with an amiable attention at your table by your hosts.

Our Castle-Hotel’s homy Hotel Bar

Enjoy our Hotel Bar’s exclusive ambience and lively charm with some glamour of a British gentlemen’s club. Genuine, refined and noble. To start the evening, or for a night-cap to round it off, with pleasant music, drinks of all kinds, to relax and close the day.

RUINART Champagne-Lounge
Lifestyle meets Champagne! Our Castle-Hotel’s new RUINART Champagne-Lounge represents nippy and casual indulgence. When the weather conditions permit, make yourself comfortable in our stylish outdoor seating furniture designed by Philipp Stark, and round off the evening on the terrace of our Hotel Bar “L’Orchidee”.

Salon Meissen

Not a museum, but one of the smallest and most exquisite dining parlours of luxury hotel trade. Absolutely unique in Germany, can be experienced at Burg Schlitz only!

Decorated with most exquisite porcelain from the MEISSEN Manufacture, our „SALON MEISSEN“ will host you in the unique environment and exclusive atmosphere of a private dining parlour.

We welcome you for a pre-dinner drink with a glass of champagne, after which you select your individual menu from our chef´s culinary creations. A five-course menu will be served on most exquisite porcelain from the MEISSEN Manufacture, accompanied by a glass of corresponding wine per course.

Red Salon

Various private salons are at your disposal for your social or business events. New guests as well as dear guests long familiar with our house are again and again enchanted by the stately ambience, the true-to-original historical furnishings and the general splendour.

You will be delighted by the individual charm of our facilities restored elaborately with all due care and love. A place for princely celebrations or private dining.

The lordly Schinkel-Hall

Our renowned Schinkel-Hall impresses with its stately decoration, most exquisite, hand-painted wall-decorations and sparkling chandeliers. The large windows facing the park flood this hall with light, and delight with spectacular views, an enchanting ambience beyond all comparison.

Whether it is to be an intimate candle-light dinner, a glittering ball night, a civil marriage, a festive family celebration, a chamber music concert or a glamorous wedding, this hall will turn your special occasion with the help of our diligent staff members and “castle-ghosts” into an event of lasting memories.

Afternoon Tea

Experience a British institution. Indulge in an “Afternoon-Tea” and in this very special way of enjoying your afternoon in a sophisticated and relaxed way. Our TEA MASTER Robert Jahnel will prepare for you an unforgettable tea-ceremony with passion and expertise.

Exquisite premium tea specialities from the traditional Ronnefeldt Private Tea-Kontor will be served, as well as savoury sandwiches, sweet treats from our pastry-cook, fine chocolate-truffles, a glass of our in-house sparkling Riesling wine brand Burg Schlitz “Cuvee Louise” and the classical must-have: freshly baked English scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam.

Burg Schlitz Afternoon Tea Package
Exclusively served with your personal selection of our exquisite gourmet tea supply, an matcha-tea-sorbet and a glass of Riesling sparkling wine EUR 39.00 per person (From 2 persons onwards. Reservation required one day in advance!)

There may be probably as many stories about the origin of an English afternoon-tea as there are tea-blends, however, the following one is definitely the most quoted. Early in the 19th century people in the U.K. used to have only two meals per day: breakfast and dinner.

As legend has it, the 7th Duchess of Bedford assigned her servantry to serve her every day at 5 P.M. a cup of hot tea and some little savouries, as she needed something to appease her growing appetite at that time of the day.

The experience of this little snack was most agreeable to her and quickly developed into a daily routine. Furthermore the Duchess even began to invite her friends to this little tea-ceremony, as to make them acquainted with her newest amusement.

One thing led to another and within a few years the consumption of an afternoon-tea became a social event of the upper-class. Eventually this trend became so popular that tea-houses and coffee-shops began to offer this enjoyment to their guests. Today it is regarded as an essential component of the sophisticated British way of life.

Castle-Cellar

Our Castle-Cellar: historic vaults, noble and rustic with a most romantically inviting ambience, a homy place with plenty of candle-light, most suitable for country-style receptions and lavish bourgeois feasts.

Davidoff – Lounge

In our Davidoff-Lounge we offer a first-class relish of our Davidoff Cigars. An exclusive, contemporary ambience with a lively charm and the glamour of a British gentlemen’s club. Genuine, refined and noble.

Enjoy premium cigars from the internationally renowned house of Davidoff. To optimize your smoking indulgence we offer selected corresponding liqueurs and wines. Our Davidoff-Lounge and Hotel Bar “L’Orchidee” are the only smoking-areas of our Castle-Hotel Burg Schlitz.

A Picnic in our Castle-Park
Enjoy life – outdoors! Far away from the noisiness of the big cities, it should be not too difficult to find your favourite spot in our romantic Burg Schlitz Castle-Park.

You really think so? According to our experience, it is not as easy as that: Because there are simply too many beautiful and dream-like spots to unfold your blanket and settle down to a stylish picnic.

We shall be delighted to reveal our insiders’ tips and equip you with everything what may be necessary to enjoy a leisurely afternoon. Your picnic-basket already awaits you – with numerous delectabilities.

Bath-Tub fun
A noble bathing-ceremony in the romantic light of torches

An enchanting view of Burg Schlitz and far away into the beautiful Mecklenburg countryside, a romantic ambience in the light of torches – enjoy the warm waves of our luxurious bath-tub. An experience to revitalize all senses.

Our noble “Skargards Royal” bath-tub is situated on the slope of the “Buchenberg” ( i.e. beech mountain ), is equipped with a spacious, ergonomic plastic-tub, will be filled for you with fresh natural spring water and is fired with beech wood.

An oven, integrated elegantly between the tub and an outside wooden panelling, guarantees a clean and undisturbed bathing experience. Our “bath-tub butler” will prepare a hot and relaxing bath for you, ready for enjoyment.

Any further firing of the oven can be executed by yourself in the course of your bathing-ceremony according to your personal liking. With the oven you can adjust the temperature of the water which can be reduced by activating the whirl-pool function.

Livingroom Spa

This little retreat is a bath for body and soul! Refuel new energy, recharge your batteries and vitalize your body – a pleasant slow-down in turbulent times. Rare are the moments in life to get pampered and to be able to take some time for yourself.

But it is exactly these moments which are most precious. Let us take you into a different world for a couple of hours where you can enjoy the feeling of peace and approaching relaxation.

Small but noble, elegant and yet snug and cosy – this is the style of our “Wellness & SPA-Lounge” which includes an indoor swimming-pool, a spacious sun-terrace, a sauna, a steam bath and relaxing treatments in our GREEN LUXURY DAY SPA.

When planning your stay with us, please ensure to make reservations for SPA-treatments well enough in advance. Due to the small size of our “Wellness & SPA-Lounge” and of our GREEN LUXURY DAY SPA, available capacities are quickly filled.

Wellness Therapist – Marco Wiese

Marco Wiese is Wellness Therapist and our expert for deep relaxation. His long-term, international experience and education meets highest standards of professional massage techniques.

Relax and regenerate with Mr. Wiese’s special massage treatments. And his classical massages limber up your muscular system, respond particularly to problematic areas and loosen blockades. Discomforts of the locomotor system are relieved and your energy system will be reactivated.

Your wellbeing is our objective. YOU are the focus of our attention. You will feel it with every treatment. Kindly inform us about your requirements. Marco Wiese will guarantee you an optimal, personal care and will be pleased to advise you.

Private Spa Night

When two people are looking forward to moments of intimate togetherness in the romantic light of candles and under the protective robe of the night, this is the time for grand emotions.

For romantic souls and all those who would like to experience a night-cap of a very special kind, we open our “Wellness & SPA-Lounge for a “Private SPA-Night”. Our small but noble SPA-facility will be yours, a private SPA-for-two, for two full hours.

This pleasure-treatment includes a chilled bottle of our Burg Schlitz sparkling wine “Cuvee Louise”, as well as exquisite Macarons filled with fruit-mousse, superbly flavoured Baisers and a tipsy fruit-salad.

Enjoy a relaxed sauna session with a specially composed “Good-Night-Infusion”. Our mindful “castle-ghosts” will immerse the scenery in smooth candle-light and arrange all delectabilities by the fire-place for your convenience.

Vital & Healthy
Enjoy the pleasures and comforts which our Castle has to offer – start your day with a healthy breakfast out-of-doors. The terrace of our Brasserie Louise grants a spectacular view of our Castle-Park with its old trees, far away over the hilly countryside.

Reconnect with your inner balance in pristine nature. Discover old alleys, explore deep forests, wide meadows and hidden lakes. Also present: your picnic-basket from our Castle-Kitchen, filled with some special little healthy treats.

Relax under skilful hands in our Wellness-Lounge, treat yourself with a sauna session, and crown your leisure-day with an exquisite gourmet dinner in the evening. And naturally, only the best, healthy and regional ingredients are prepared individually according to your liking.

Get married at Castle Hotel Burg Schlitz

When love has brought two people together and they decide to tie the knot, they generally prefer to select a special place for this occasion. What could be more appropriate than celebrating this happiest day of your life in a romantic castle-hotel?

Burg Schlitz presents itself as a white castle amidst a picturesque landscape park. This magnificent country mansion in the heart of Mecklenburg Switzerland is a perfect location to exchange the wedding vow in a stylish countryside atmosphere.

In winter you may enjoy a magical ride in a horse-drawn sleigh through the snowy countryside. In summer lush green meadows await you for a romantic wedding-picnic. White pigeons rising high into the sky, impressive fireworks, or a stroll in the romantic light of torches make wedding-dreams come true!

Marrying at Burg Schlitz means: a festive flair in a glamorous scenery – far away from daily routine. Make your dream of a fairy-tale wedding come true with a unique location full of charm and savoir vivre.

Celebrate abundantly in a Mecklenburg Castle-Hotel
Various private salons and festive halls are at your disposal for your social or business events. New guests as well as dear guests long familiar with our house are again and again enchanted by the stately ambience, the true-to-original historical furnishings and the general splendour.

You will be delighted by the individual charm of our facilities restored elaborately with all due care and love. A place for princely celebrations or private dining.

We shall be pleased to transform your festive moments into a grand occasion. We advise, plan and arrange everything with expert knowledge and a feeling for essentials.

A stylish Convention-Hotel
Thanks to their professional equipment and different atmosphere, our salons and halls will contribute to the desired result of your event, for which state-of-the-art technology offers all requirements for management meetings, board-meetings, conventions, conferences and seminars. We organize incentives and teambuilding events with a custom-made concept and expert knowledge.

Luxurious Convention-Rooms
Our house offers exquisiteness in every respect: Our convention-rooms are not only functional, but are also furnished in a luxurious and historic style without neglecting general conveniences for conventions or state-of-the-art technology.

Limited (room-) capacities guarantee that convention-groups will enjoy the full attention of our helpful service-team. Our Castle-Hotel Burg Schlitz meets highest security standards, as it can be sealed hermetically.

Above all it is a country-mansion worth seeing and worth experiencing, with its stylish, representative interiors, offers with the 450 acres of English Landscape Park a great variety of creative possibilities and is even equipped with a heli-port.

The secluded location amidst a park, belonging to the hotel, guarantees a particularly silent and undisturbed surrounding for your convention.

Riding as far as hooves can take you

The terrain around Burg Schlitz offers almost unlimited possibilities for riding out. Enjoy cross-country riding lanes newly laid-out for your convenience, or have spontaneously a ride through the picturesque scenery wherever and as far as hooves can take you.

An excursion with a historical Landau-carriage drawn by black-shining noble Frisian horses offers diversion, too. Furthermore, training-courses are offered for ladies to get experienced in riding gracefully with a side-saddle, and also for learning how to play polo.

Since its erection 200 years ago, horseback hunting enjoys a continuous tradition at Burg Schlitz. Stylish Hunting Days are held regularly. 35 horse-boxes are available in our royal stud. Our stable master will professionally and passionately take care of our guests’ horses.

Riding & Drag Hunting
Diverse riding-lanes around Burg Schlitz stretch along for hundreds of kilometres. Enjoy extensive riding-outs through deep valleys, picturesque broadleaf forests, mixed woodlands and a hilly countryside. Here you will find ideal conditions for your private drag hunt, too.

Enjoy an unforgettable hunting experience with exciting and demanding obstacle-courses with various levels of difficulty, wide meadows and forests, natural brook courses and a diverse terrain.

However, it is not later than the first “Hallow!” sounds through the forests and the signals and the noise of a pack of beagles or foxhounds echo along the meadows that you will feel: This here is a special place, indeed!

Dismount and rest
For our guests’ horses we have restored our royal stud in 2008 with loving care and are pleased to offer you horse-boxes including bedding, water, oat and hay for a small extra charge.

The royal stud was built in 1848 by Heinrich von Bassewitz. A wing which functioned as a cinema was added in the 1930ies by Emil von Stauss. Many UfA movies received here their premier. In German Democratic Republic time it was used as storehouse. In 2007 it regained its historical function as royal stud.

Golfing in the Area

Burg Schlitz is virtually a paradise for demanding golfers who find 3 premium golf-courses within a distance of less than 24,7 km, both for experienced players and beginners

Romantic Carriage-Rides through our Landscape-Park
Experience a romantic “time travel” and enjoy a carriage-ride according to the good old days through 450 acres of English Landscape Park. Drawn by black-shining, noble Frisian horses, look forward to a ride in a luxurious Landau-carriage through the Mecklenburg countryside.

Annika Markgraf, a dedicated horse-expert, experienced coachwoman, familiar with this area and last but not least an affectionate host, will be delighted to make you acquainted with her beautiful homeland Mecklenburg and will relate some interesting anecdotes and stories about Burg Schlitz and our Landscape Park.

We also offer carriage-rides to the nearby Roetelberg or even a “Champagne Tour”.

Hunting
Telly ho!

he private hunting grounds of Burg Schlitz comprise app. 600 acres. We are delighted to share them with our guests and organize single shootings for roe-, red- and fallow-deer. Wild boar is “on” throughout the year.

More than 2500 acres of premium hunting grounds are at your disposal in adjoining forest districts and cultivated private hunts. Autumn is the season for driven hunting. On request we are pleased to offer a private driven hunt or battues with your friends.

It is here that Mecklenburg-Vorpommern opens its heart for you!
Feel embraced by wideness and distance which characterize the 450 acres of our Landscape Park by which Burg Schlitz is surrounded like a lush, green carpet. Its completion took 50 years and followed the model of an English landscape park.

When you walk through this beautiful park you wonder what it was like 200 years ago and who walked the pathes before you. Many people enjoyed the wide-stretched terrain with broad alleys, awe-inspiring old trees, secluded lakes, 50 monuments in the form of obelisks, grottos, columns and countless little places which invite to linger. Even Achim von Arnim, the counts nephew, found inspiration for new works here.

ABSOLUTELY WORTH SEEING
… is the world-renowned “Fountain of the Nymphs”. Designed in 1903 by Walter Schott in the Art Nouveau style, it had originally been created for the fountain courtyard of the Wertheim Department Store in Berlin and acquired by Emil von Stauss who brought it to Burg Schlitz in the 1930ies.

It shows three more or less life-size nymphs of bronze, dancing on the edge of a sandstone-trough around a fountain. It is also called “Fountain of the Dancing Girls” and is unquestionably a jewel of our park. Another original of this fountain can be found in the Central Park of New York.

Right next to the “Fountain of the Nymphs” the “Karolinen Chapel” is located, which has recently been elaborately restored, and which Hans Count von Schlitz had dedicated to his mother-in-law Karoline Imperial Countess von Goertz-Schlitz. For church weddings 70 persons can be accommodated here.

There are altogether 50 monuments which Count von Schlitz had erected in memory of his family, poets or other people particularly dear to him: obelisks, columns, grottos and even lakes. And do not miss the dream-like view of Lake Malchin from our imposing Roetelberg.

Absolutley worth seeing
… is the world-renowned “Fountain of the Nymphs”. Designed in 1903 by Walter Schott in the Art Nouveau style, it had originally been created for the fountain courtyard of the Wertheim Department Store in Berlin and acquired by Emil von Stauss who brought it to Burg Schlitz in the 1930ies.

It shows three more or less life-size nymphs of bronze, dancing on the edge of a sandstone-trough around a fountain. It is also called “Fountain of the Dancing Girls” and is unquestionably a jewel of our park. Another original of this fountain can be found in the Central Park of New York.

Right next to the “Fountain of the Nymphs” the “Karolinen Chapel” is located, which has recently been elaborately restored, and which Hans Count von Schlitz had dedicated to his mother-in-law Karoline Imperial Countess von Goertz-Schlitz. For church weddings 70 persons can be accommodated here.

There are altogether 50 monuments which Count von Schlitz had erected in memory of his family, poets or other people particularly dear to him: obelisks, columns, grottos and even lakes. And do not miss the dream-like view of Lake Malchin from our imposing Roetelberg.

Sculpture-Way Burg Schlitz – Goertzhausen
Art in Mecklenburg countryside
Some 200 years after Count von Schlitz changed the face of Mecklenburg Switzerland by his extensive Landscape Park according to his own ideas and personal visions with lasting effect, for instance with special monuments, obelisks and stone-settings, giving it herewith his personal, characteristic and, not least, cultural hallmark, a Sculpture-Way was created which, starting from Burg Schlitz, is stretching wide into the countryside.

With a similar passion for three-dimensional design and with a similar love of the Mecklenburg countryside, the two artists Wilfried Duwentester and Bernd Uiberall have been active in the direct neighbourhood of Burg Schlitz for the last 8 years.

The project “Sculpture-Way Burg Schlitz-Goertzhausen” takes up the Count’s vision and adapts it for an encounter with temporary sculptures. The sculptures “live” in the wide space of the landscape and interact with the nature and the already existing cultural area.

The sculptures are positioned at prominent places along the way between Burg Schlitz and Goertzhausen and appear to be a part of the landscape.

Cooking Classes with Sabine Teubler
Thanks to wide-stretched hunting grounds surrounding this stately mansion in the heart of Mecklenburg Switzerland, Burg Schlitz can look back on a long tradition of venison dishes. It is not uncommon that hunting guests return with rich prey which is to be expertly carved and prepared.

No problem for kitchen-chef Sabine Teubler. She is having quite a knack for game, whipping up again and again new venison-dishes onto the plates of our hotel guests. Step by step she has acquired her profound and stunning knowledge of everything what may show up in front of a sporting gun.

Day by day new challenges are to be mastered by this trained cook. Pheasants and ducks, royal stags, tender little roe deer and an abundance of wild boar have already been bestowed on her.

Gratefully she has accepted everything and mastered her job with flying colours. Her results are convincing, speak for themselves and leave no margin of doubt. A flavour that makes you wish for more.

Her tips & tricks and her acquired knowledge of everything connected with venison dishes Sabine Teubler gladly passes on, for example in her venison cooking-classes. As individual as you will find everything on Burg Schlitz, just as individual are her cooking-classes.

However, there is no need to enter your name on a long list months in advance, and there are no fixed subjects, either. Whoever feels like getting a taste of Sabine Teubler’s game-kitchen simply calls and arranges a cooking appointment with our castle-cook.

As her time permits, even a single guest is welcome to join her in her kitchen. The maximum number of participants is 20 people. We charge per day per person from EUR 199.00 onwards, according to the number of participants, including – apart from all necessary preparatory work – a final menu for which you can also invite friends for an extra charge.

WELCOME OBELISK
It was erected in 1816 at the foot of the access road to Burg Schlitz, opposite the tavern “Zum Goldenen Frieden” and bears the following inscription (translation from Latin into English): “Dear guest, it is my wish that you, while walking up, may hand over your sorrows to this vessel.

Hans Count Schlitz 1816 ” The original of this vessel is lost since 1945. Everybody walking up to Burg Schliz was to hand over his sorrow to this vessel by touching its base with his hand.

In the upper part of the obelisk the Count’s family-motto and life-philosophy is inscribed with the following initials: wwwv which stands for “wuensche wenig, wirke viel” and means: “wish small, act big”

OBELISK OF THE THREE WISHES
The first wish refers to the circumstance that at that time Mecklenburg was still occupied by Napoleon. The second wish is based on the fact that Count von Schlitz was founder of the Mecklenburg Agricultural Association. The third wish refers to the situation that at that time Germany was split up into app. 300 small principalities.

It was erected in 1812. The three wishes are as follows:

• Peace for the Fatherland
• Blessing for Farming
• Fraternity for the Germans

BURIAL GROUND
In 1825 the gate for the future burial ground was erected, but regrettably not finished. The inscription reads as follows: Youth’s abundant energy, Joy’s jubilant sound, Honour’s radiant brilliancy – For the ennoblement of this earthy clod I sacrificed them.

What I have created may guarantee for you, my successors, an abundance of enjoyment! And for me your gratitude! On the stone’s backside the Count’s date of birth is inscribed, as well as the initials of his motto

The following date (14.08.1822) cannot be interpreted so far. Presumably it is the date of the Count’s joining the Freemason Lodge, as several Masonic symbols can be found all over the park and the building.

TEACHER STONE
It was erected in 1813. For the faithful creators of my youth this stone was placed in gratitude by H. Count Schlitz 1813

The names of these faithful creators are inscribed on the front side, which are: Otto Meier, headmaster of the Joachimsthal Grammar School, and professor Eberhard, teacher of philosophy at the University of Halle.

AMALIEN STONE
It was Amalien’s enchantment alone that was capable of giving higher charm to the dreariness of Suelz. We do not go into detail, whether this stone was set in memory of a charming spa romance at the moor bath of Suelz.

LOUISEN STONE
Along the way to the Luisen Lake the Louisen Stone can be found which Hans Count von Schlitz had dedicated to his wife.

“Named after the mistress of this castle, after the fair life companion who faithfully shared my sorrows and my joy. The best, what has been erected here, was due to her. 1828”

The inscription reads as follows: To Luise, the fair life companion, this lay out is dedicated and named Louisen Lake

REGENSBURG MONUMENT
It was erected in 1808 and is equipped with the following two inscriptions:

Providence protected those dear to me but iron not the fighters H Graf Schlitz 1814

In the tempest of Regensburg, where those lived who were dearest to me, two combatants fighting against each other left behind this armour while falling in battle on April 22nd 1809.

The armour had been kept in an alcove on top of the monument and is completely corroded in the meantime. The opposite side shows the family crest of Hans Count von Schlitz.

BLUECHER MONUMENT
Erected in 1817, consisting of two parts, whereas the major part depicts Napoleon’s exile on St. Helena. The inscription reads as follows:

The Demon which held Teutonia’s fetters until recently, is chained on a distant, rocky island. The power of delusion is broken and justice and truth triumphed on June 18th and November 20th 1815

Until 1954 a marble bust of Napoleon had been kept behind an iron grid which was destroyed. The second part of the monument contained a bust of Bluecher which was lost in 1945 and recently found in a former latrine. The bust is now kept inside the building.

Art & Culture – Interiors
According to designs by architect Helmut Riemann, the “Deutsche Werkstaetten Hellerau” have manufactured furniture and interiors of highest craftsmanship which are not only custom-made for the varying sizes of our hotel-rooms, but are also in perfect harmony with the German Biedermeier-style, which was the fashionable style of the time of Hans Count von Schlitz.

The workmanship is of highest quality, for which only fine woods like walnut, ash, ice-birch or cherry were selected. In particular the beech-wood veneers are of outstanding quality.

Though adapted to an antique style, these interiors meet all modern requirements: From make-up mirrors, towel racks or wooden Kleenex-boxes, over little bathroom stools, beadheads or sideboards, to writing desks with a leather-inlay writing area, bar cabinets and in-built wardrobes, they all match perfectly into the noble ambience of this place.

Information concerning the “Fountain Of The Nymphs”, also called “Fountain of the three dancing Girls”
Walter Schott (1861 – 1938), Professor and Sculptor at the Berlin Academy, was one of the main representatives of the Neo-Baroque School of Sculpture at the time of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He created various monuments and sculptures for the Berlin Cathedral, as well as sculptural elements for the New Palais in Potsdam.

His most important work, however, is the world-renowned “Fountain of the Nymphs”, created in 1903 in the Art-Nouveau style. It is also called “Fountain of the three Dancing Girls” and cast in bronze.

More originals can be found in the Central Park of New York, in San Francisco, Antwerp and a diplomatic villa in Berlin. We are particularly proud of being able to host an original of this fountain in our park.

Dr. Emil Georg von Stauss, head of the board of the Deutsche Bank and chairman of the UfA film company in Berlin, was proprietor of Burg Schlitz from 1932 – 1945 and acquired this fountain in 1934 for his summer residence.

In summer the “Fountain of the Nymphs” is appreciated by rare species of birds as their bird-bath, and occasionally a frog does not mind a refreshment, either. It offers a special sight for the visitors of our English Landscape Park at any season.

The delicately spraying jet of water sprinkles the life-size figures of the dancing girls, giving them an enchanting dynamic by which they seem to float as light as feathers and appear to be clothed with almost translucent robes.

Website: www.burg-schlitz.de

Rooms: 20

Price: from 210 EUR per night