LOCATION
Spyker Castle is the oldest profane structure on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is located in the area of the municipality of Glowe in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.54°56′N 13°51′E.
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ATRACTION DESCRIPTION
The Spyker Castle was first mentioned in XIV th century when it belonged to the Stralsund patrician family, the von Külpens. After the Thirty Years‘ War, Pomerania, and hence Rügen, fell to Sweden under the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The empty seat of Spyker in 1649 was given to the Swedish field marshal and later governor-general of Swedish Pomerania, Carl Gustav Wrangel by Queen Christine of Sweden. The castle was painted in Swedish Falun red, which was atypical of Rügen. In XIX th century it was handed over to Prussia and bought by Prince Wilhelm Malte I of Putbus. Now the castle is a hotel and a cultural place of different exhibitions, concerts and readings.
WEB PAGES
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Spyker-Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyker_Castle