Former castle on a Teupitz Lake peninsula in Brandenburg, Germany.
Schloss Teupitz was a castle in Teupitz, Brandenburg, Germany, on a peninsula in Teupitzer See. Built in the 14th century, it was long occupied by the Schenk von Landsberg family. Mostly demolished for disrepair in 1788–1791, it later served as a hotel and is now privately owned.
Schloss Teupitz was a castle in Teupitz, a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It stood on a peninsula in Lake Teupitz, northwest of the town center, reached by Kirchstraße. A castle on the site was first mentioned in 1307 as Burg Tupcz and was completed in 1330. From 1330 to 1717 it served as the seat of the Schenk von Landsberg family, after which Ludwig-Alexander Schenk von Landsberg sold it, together with surrounding villages, to Frederick William I of Prussia. The Prussian state adapted the building for a royal administrator and used it until 1812. Because of its poor condition, most of the castle was demolished between 1788 and 1791, with only the lowest storey remaining and an official moving into a single-storey manor house on the grounds. In the 21st century, only part of the old castle wall and the watchtower on the town side have survived. In later centuries the estate changed owners several times. In 1930 it briefly operated as the Hotel Schloß am Teupitzsee. After the Second World War it became public property, housed displaced people, and from 1949 was rebuilt for use as a cultural center, conference venue, children’s holiday camp, and later a holiday home. Since 2005 it has been privately owned and not open to the public.
