The best city hikes and walks around Güstrow

The castle is currently being restored and is currently not open to the public

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A huge brick Gothic building that dominates the entire city center, especially when you consider that the cathedral is already the only church of this size in the city! (The tower roof was added later.) A magnificent, very detailed altar (in times without TV and electronic media, it must have been like watching TV!), finely crafted Gothic figures above (next to Christ on the cross), a beautifully painted spiral staircase to the gallery and a few Art Nouveau wall designs are very pleasing.

In the Gertruden Chapel in a former cemetery, some of Barlach's most important and beautiful sculptures are on display (the "Laughing Old Woman", the "Reading Monastery Student", "Doubter", "Reunion"), and in the garden there is the rediscovered "Mother Earth" and sculptures by other artists. Ernst Barlach: Born in 1870, Barlach grew up in the Hamburg area and Mecklenburg, studied art and did this and that; was unsuccessful for a long time until he traveled to Russia at the age of 36 and brought inspiration and ideas from there/from the folk art there. Since then, Barlach created down-to-earth, authentic, earth-rooted, often clunky figures and was successful with them. At 40 he went to Güstrow, at 56 he had his studio house built, and died at 68. He created impressive sculptures, monuments, graphics and plays. The two Barlach museums are highly recommended.

Located not far from Güstrow town centre, the Gothic Gertruden Chapel was opened in 1953 as the first Barlach Museum in Güstrow. The chapel houses around 30 sculptures and reliefs by Ernst Barlach, all of which were created during his time in Güstrow. Source: https://www.mecklenburgische-seenplatte.de/reiseziele/gertrudenkapelle-ernst-barlach-ausstellung

In 1942, the cathedral school, which was threatened with extinction, was merged with the secondary school founded in 1902, which had borne the name of the Low German poet John Brinckman since 1934 and already had three times the number of students. The old secondary school was closed. Until 1947, the school, which was located at Am Wall No. 6, was called the United John Brinckman School and Cathedral School. The current John Brinckman Secondary School celebrated its 450th anniversary in 1983.

The Güstrow Cathedral School on the Cathedral Square was a Latin school founded in 1552 by Duke Johann Albrecht I of Mecklenburg (1525–1576) and later a grammar school in Güstrow. Its building from 1575/79 is the oldest surviving school building in Mecklenburg. Its history began in 1236 as a collegiate school for the training of young clergy, making it one of the oldest schools in the German-speaking world and the school with the longest history in what is now Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Source:

The historic Güstrow market in Güstrow in the old town is the center of the city. The square was named after the medieval market square on which the town hall and the parish church of St. Mary are located in the center. In 1978 the market was redesigned and the Archimedes sculpture was erected. From 1991 onwards, the historic old town was renovated as a former national area monument and now a model city for urban development, as were the square (2020) and many houses. Source:https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCstrower_Markt