Guestrow: Barlach's Schwebender Engel, Renaissance Schloss, and the Mecklenburg Lake District Cathedral Town
Around 31,200 people live in Guestrow, a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern set between the Inselsee and Sumpfsee lakes. The sculptor Ernst Barlach spent his final years here, and his most famous work, the Schwebender Engel (Floating Angel), hangs in the Guestrower Dom. The original was destroyed by the Nazis; the current bronze is a post-war recast from a surviving plaster model.
The Schloss Guestrow, a Renaissance palace completed in 1589 for Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg, houses an art museum. The Altstadt has a brick Gothic cathedral and a market square with gabled houses. Rostock is about 50 kilometres north. The Mecklenburgische Seenplatte lake district extends to the south. Teterow and Laage are nearby towns. Schwerin, the state capital, is roughly 70 kilometres west.
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Around 31,200 people live in Guestrow, a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern set between the Inselsee and Sumpfsee lakes. The sculptor Ernst Barlach spent his final years here, and his most famous work, the Schwebender Engel (Floating Angel), hangs in the Guestrower Dom. The original was destroyed by the Nazis; the current bronze is a post-war recast from a surviving plaster model.
The Schloss Guestrow, a Renaissance palace completed in 1589 for Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg, houses an art museum. The Altstadt has a brick Gothic cathedral and a market square with gabled houses. Rostock is about 50 kilometres north. The Mecklenburgische Seenplatte lake district extends to the south. Teterow and Laage are nearby towns. Schwerin, the state capital, is roughly 70 kilometres west.
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