Baroque château in Oberbarnim, linked to German resistance conspirators.
Schloss Ihlow is a château in Oberbarnim, Germany. This Baroque three-wing complex with a large mansard roof was built in the first half of the 18th century and later altered. It was the seat of the von Bredow family until 1945 and is associated with resistance circles before 1944.
Schloss Ihlow is a château in Oberbarnim, Germany. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it is described as a splendid Baroque three-wing complex with a large mansard roof and slightly lower side wings aligned with the main building. An annex erected around 1910 was known as the Jägerhaus and served as the residence of a hunting tenant. The château was originally associated with the lords of Ihlow, who were recorded in the village in 1375 in the land register of Emperor Charles IV. Karl Friedrich Ernst Adolf von Bredow (1763–1852) established the Ihlow branch of the von Bredow family, which lived here until 1945. Around 1800 and especially during the GDR period, alterations significantly changed the former seat of the family, and its earlier splendor is now said to be barely recognizable. After the Second World War, displaced people lived in the building. Later it housed a village pub, now closed, and it also served as the seat of the village administration. In the years before 1944, some officers connected to Colonel von Stauffenberg’s circle met here in the seclusion of the surrounding woods to discuss Germany’s future after Hitler’s death. A support association has been working for some years to preserve Schloss Ihlow.
