The history of the town of Jahnsfelde is closely linked to the lineage of the old noble family von Pfuel. The land was acquired by them in 1449 and has shaped it ever since. The castle was built from its foundations as a two-storey, solid plastered building and partially had rooms with groin vaults from the 17th century. Around 1831, the appearance of the oldest surviving part of the building was apparently redesigned in the classicist style. A coat of arms of the von Pfuel family made of sandstone adorns the gable field of this part. A further extension of the noble residence in 1871, at the time of the founding of the German Empire, changed the appearance of the castle again with exposed brick extensions in Brandenburg neo-Gothic forms. Two round stair towers and a tower with a pyramid-shaped brick roof as well as stepped gables crowned with battlements make up the characteristic image of the castle.
The associated castle park is now owned by the local authority and covers an area of three hectares. It also contains the castle church made of fieldstones from the 13th century. Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, who was also known as the "Green Prince" and was probably the most important landscape architect of the 19th century, influenced the design of the park when it was laid out in the second half of the century. Its basic features have been preserved to this day and at the same time represent the center of the town of Jahnsfelde.
Stately trees provide visitors with plenty of shade in the hot season and are also living witnesses to the park's centuries-old history. These include a weeping beech, probably the thickest linden tree in the district, the black pine, cucumber magnolia, plane tree, black walnut, arborvitae and many oaks. A special representative of the "tree family" is a 150-year-old gingko tree right next to the castle. Since 1977, the Jahnsfelde castle park has been recognized as an individual monument because of its old tree population.
Year of construction: around 1850
Directions: Car: B1/B5 towards Müncheberg; Access: coming from Müncheberg, Seelow or Fürstenwalde, drive towards Neuhardenberg. Then turn left across the castle square between the castle church and the castle.
