The castle
Water castle of the late renaissance, 1595 built for Peter Rantzau, three connecting long houses with four corner towers. 1759 estate transfer to the merchant and later Danish treasurer and count Heinrich Carl Schimmelmann, who not only redecorated the castle in the style of the time but also changed the appendant village Woldenhorn (now Ahrensburg) into a small residence. The core of the castle ground has been preserved.
The collections
The castle inventory from the 18th to the mid-19th-century is tightly connected with the Schimmelmann family and its Reventlou-circle. The collection preserves the rooms character.
The castle represents in furniture, art and everyday items of all kinds, ovens, panels, prisms crowns etc. Schleswig-Holstein's manor house culture from the 18th to 19th-century. Wonderful furniture mostly French and English; many porcelain collections (Meißen), big painting and portrait collections; splendour horse harness and much more.

Wedding at the castle
twice a month the palace closes its doors to the visitors - every Friday morning registry office marriages take place. Information and bookings at the registry office Ahrensburg.

22926 Ahrensburg
Lübecker Straße 1
Tel (04102) 4 25 10