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Dargun Castle Park
In Dargun Castle Park, you can stroll along historic paths, visit the castle grounds and the museum, and browse the Dargun monastery shop.
Today’s castle garden bears traces of the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the 19th century, as well as a careful reconstruction carried out in recent years. The parterre beds surrounding the pavilion, indicated by slightly sunken grass paths, are reminiscent of the design of the palace garden in Güstrow. The Renaissance layout was created under Duke Johann Albrecht, who often stayed in Dargun. The gardens were devastated during the Thirty Years’ War. Under Duke Gustav Adolf, the palace gardens were redesigned in the Baroque style. The old yews are remnants of Baroque topiary trees. The garden sections are aligned via paths toward the tea pavilion, which was built around 1690. For the Baroque garden, the relationship to the palace was important. The garden was accessed via the double-flight open staircase at the southwest tower. Based on a design by Klett, the court gardener in Schwerin, the four-row avenue of red-flowering chestnut trees was planted in the previous century along the western castle entrance up to the Yellow Gate, and the arbour with hornbeams south of the church entrance was created. The agricultural school, which moved into the palace in 1873, used the palace garden for educational purposes. After 1945, the grounds were divided into allotment gardens and a small zoo was established. As part of the garden’s reconstruction, the allotment gardens were relocated and an open orchard was reestablished. Klett’s arbor was reconstructed, and a row of red-flowering chestnut trees was planted along the four-row avenue. Today, in the sprawling park, you can see, among other things, yew trees over 300 years old, a hornbeam arbor, a ginkgo tree, a large orchard meadow, a fish ladder completed in 2016, and the tea pavilion—which serves as the local registry office. In 2020, a barrier-free loop trail was completed for visitors with limited mobility. The park is open to the public and offers ample free parking as well as a public restroom. You can perfectly combine a stroll through the park with a tour of the monastery and castle grounds, a visit to “Uns lütt Museum,” or a shopping trip at the Dargun monastery shop.
Dargun Castle Park – Centuries of Garden History in Dargun
The Dargun Castle Park is one of the most historically diverse parks in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Anyone strolling through the sprawling park will encounter traces of the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the 19th century. The Renaissance-style garden dates back to Duke Johann Albrecht, who frequently stayed in Dargun. After the devastation of the Thirty Years’ War, the garden was redesigned in the Baroque style under Duke Gustav Adolf—similar to the famous palace garden in Güstrow.
Ancient yews, a hornbeam arbor, and an orchard meadow in Dargun Castle Park
Today, the park features yews over 300 years old that have been preserved as remnants of Baroque-era topiary trees. Other highlights include the reconstructed hornbeam arbor based on a historical plan by Klett, the court gardener of Schwerin; an impressive ginkgo tree; a large orchard meadow; and the tea pavilion from 1690, which is now used as a civil registry office. Since 2020, an accessible loop trail has made the grounds accessible to visitors with limited mobility.
Monastery, museum, and monastery shop—more than just a stroll through the park
A visit to Dargun Castle Park can be wonderfully combined with a detour to the neighboring monastery and castle complex. If you’d like, stop by the “Uns lütt Museum” or browse through the Dargun monastery shop. The park is open to the public and features free parking and a public restroom. Dargun is located in the heart of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania—easily accessible from the Baltic Sea coast, for example from Rostock or Greifswald.
Other attractions in Dargun
"Uns lütt Museum" Dargun
● Dargun
The name is deceptive, because the region's largest museum of everyday history is located in 17 rooms, on 2000m² of exhibition space and in the outdoor area - a museum you can touch and try out. A museum of a special kind is located in the former guest house of the monastery and castle complex in Dargun. It is a comprehensive collection of the ordinary and the extraordinary. The exhibits once belonged to the house, farm and garden, were needed in old crafts or were used by our ancestors in agriculture or forestry. The medicine room contains utensils used by farmers, dentists and vets. The stationmaster's "office", as it can be seen, was saved from the station at the end of Dargun's railroad history. The exhibition on flight and expulsion at the end of the Second World War with original accounts of those affected is remarkable; it also attracted a great deal of attention on northern television. Visitors to the museum will find further agricultural equipment and machines in the spacious outdoor area and on the threshing floor. Almost all of them are in working order - they are there to be touched and tried out. Go for it! Swing the blacksmith's hammer yourself, hammer cheese into the cobbler's shoes or work wood on an old draw bench in the wheelwright's workshop. And don't miss the lovingly laid out farm garden. "Uns lütt Museum", run by an association on a voluntary basis, has grown into a prestigious museum. Its dedicated members have lovingly designed the exhibition rooms, maintain the historical machines and tools and organize special exhibitions and activity days. Opening hours: April-October Saturday/Sunday 1.30 pm - 4.30 pm July/August also Wednesday and Thursday 1.30 pm - 4.30 pm Group tours all year round by appointment 039959-20381
Slavic castle rampart adventure trail
● Dargun
The historical adventure trail "Slavic castle ramparts" takes visitors on a journey of discovery into the past. Siblings Jela and Jano take visitors on a journey of discovery into the time of the Slavs on the adventure trail in the Dargun recreational forest. On various boards, the two show how they lived and worked over 1000 years ago. There are many interesting things to learn about agriculture, crafts and trade, war and immigration as well as religion, mythology and, of course, the castle itself. Rest areas and play facilities are also part of the adventure trail. Starting point: Parish church parking lot or Dörgeliner Damm
Boating school - Baltic Sea water sports - Poseidon
● Dargun
The boating school - Ostseewassersport - Poseidon offers professional training for a boating license. The practical training for the boat license motor is five hours and is the only training center in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that offers this long five-hour practical training. Various boating licenses are offered, such as the recreational boating license See, SBF Binnen, Sportküstenschifferschein SKS, sailing, cat sailing, as well as skipper training, radio training SRC and UBI. There is also the option of taking individual lessons for the official recreational boating license for sea and inland waterways, which is particularly suitable for busy professionals, holidaymakers on vacation or the self-employed. The boating school also offers a training course for the small boat certificate. The water sports area is perfect for getting to know the most beautiful side of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and enjoying the glistening waters and tranquillity of nature.
Accommodations auf Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Vacation rentals, hotels, and more in the region
Old school Barlin
● Dargun
Experience two separate vacation resorts on 30,000 m2 in the middle of the untouched nature of the Mecklenburg Lake District. We offer children's vacations, vacation apartments & hunting vacations!
Old vicarage Rambow
● Rambow
Picking golden plums, Cox oranges and Jonathan from a hammock? Sounds like paradise and it is, because it's possible in the Rambow parish garden. Retired pastor Eckart Hübener invites guests to stay in the adjoining baroque half-timbered rectory.
Old Schwiessel Manor House
● Schwiessel
The old manor house is now run as a guesthouse and houses the hunting school.