Bützow Castle

Bützow Castle
Schloss Bützow
Bützow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Bützow Castle
Bützow Castle
Coordinates 53°50′50″N 11°58′36″E / 53.847222°N 11.976667°E / 53.847222; 11.976667
Type Castle

Bützow Castle (German: Schloss Bützow) is a castle in Bützow, Germany.

The castle is built on the foundations of a Slav fortress, and served as the residential castle of the bishops of Schwerin. It was transformed into a Renaissance castle by Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg in 1556.[1]

References

  1. "Schloss Bützow". Urlaub und Reisen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). MANET Marketing GmbH. Retrieved 19 July 2015.


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