Wolin Castle
| Wolin Castle | |
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| Schloss Wollin | |
| Wolin | |
Wollin Palace at the right edge of a vista on the Map of Lubinus
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 Wolin Castle
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| Coordinates | 53°50′40.8″N 14°36′58.8″E / 53.844667°N 14.616333°ECoordinates: 53°50′40.8″N 14°36′58.8″E / 53.844667°N 14.616333°E |
| Type | palace |
| Site information | |
| Condition | demolished |
| Site history | |
| Built | before 1284 |
| Demolished | 1675 |
Wolin Castle was a castle in the town Wolin on the island also named Wolin (in Poland), owned by the dukes of Pomerania.
When bishop Otto of Bamberg made his missionary journeys through Pomerania in the early 12th century, he was already received in Wilin in a fortified royal house. managed a wooden building and the castle district of the town into the 13th century. By then, the house was the seat of Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg, an early prince in Mecklenburg. After the death of his son Pribislaw II, the Duke's reeves administered Wolin. The castle is first mentioned as castrum Wolyn in a document dated 1284.
The wooden building was torn down and a stone caste was built in its place. The complex including, among other buildings, stables, a granary, a brewery and the administrative office. During the existence of the Duchy of Pomerania, the stone castle repeatedly served as a widow seat of the Pomeranian duchesses or as a residence for non-ruling members of the House of Griffins, such as Barnim XI in his younger years. At other times, a captain lived in the main building.
Philip Hainhofer, who accompanied Duke Philip II on a longish journey in 1617, left a description of the castle in his diary. According to him the old building, where the duchess Anna Maria of Brandenburg had her widow seat from 1603 to 1618, provided accommodation for at most ten courtiers. Portraits of princes decorated the great hall. At around the same time, a vista of Wolin was drawn, which is reproduced on the edge of the Map of Lubinus. This shows, on the right side, a building with a rectangular ground plan, decorated with a crow-stepped gable and a flèche with a copper roof and a striking turret clock.
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