Wessel & Chantal | Schwerinsburg Castle

Thanks to a dear friend of mine Vida da Voss who gave me the opportunity to shoot Wessel & Chantals wedding next week Saturday (3 September), I had the privilege to see one of my hometowns castles. The interesting story behind the Schweinsburg castle according to wikipedia was that during the time of the construction of Alte Feste in 1890 the tower of Schwerinsburg was built by Curt von François, commissioner of German South-West Africa. In 1904 Schutztruppe (the German colonial forces) sold it to architect Wilhelm Sander who converted it into a beer garden and named it Sperlingslust. In 1913 Hans Bogislav Graf von Schwerin bought Sperlingslust from Sander and engaged him to convert it into a castle. It was later named Schwerinsburg after the new owner. Today it is own by the Italian ambassador, but is currently not occupied. This afternoon I got to do a bit of pre-location scouting and I am so excited to be able to shoot Wessel & Chantals wedding pics here, watch this space next weekend!

Picture taken from Wikipedia courtesy Bundesarchiv