Rastede Palace

Friedrich, possibly Huno's son, completed the construction, which was finally consecrated in 1091 as a Benedictine monastery in honor of the Virgin Mary.

In 1750, the Danish governor, Rochus Friedrich Count of Lynar, sold the castle to the judiciary Christoph Römer.

In 1777 the later Grand Duke Peter I of Oldenburg bought back the estate and had the house redesigned in a contemporary fashion between 1780 and 1791.

In 1816 the north wing was redesigned under the direction of Carl Heinrich Slevogt and Otto Lasius and the attic was changed.

The Erbprinzenpalais (Lodge of the Hereditary Prince) is now on the opposite side of the country road that runs in front of the palace.

In 1882, Augustus' son, the then Grand Duke Peter II, had the building rebuilt in the style of historicism during the second half of the 19th century.

His granddaughter Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg lived here after her divorce from Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia.