There are several notable sights in Güstrow: The Güstrow Palace (or Schloss Güstrow in German), built in 1589 in Renaissance style, as a residence for the dukes of Mecklenburg. One of the most important works of this era in the Baltic Sea region. Between 1963 and 1981 major restoration work was carried out, and a Renaissance garden was added, modelled after descriptions appearing in old engravings. Güstrow Cathedral, a Brick Gothic cathedral built between 1226 and 1335. Noteworthy are a late Gothic high altar (c. 1500), the tombs of Duke Ulrich III and his two wives (16th century), and the celebrated Schwebende Engel ("Hovering Angel"), the most famous work of the expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach, created in 1926 as a tribute to the victims of World War I. St. Mary's church, a Brick Gothic parish church, partly remodelled in the 19th century Ernst Barlach's Atelierhaus (studio), that exhibits a large collection of his works. The town hall, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt c. 1800 at the central market square.
There are several notable sights in Güstrow: The Güstro?w Palace (or Schloss Güstrow in German), bui,lt in 1589 in Renaissance style, as a residence for the dukes of Mecklenburg. One of the most important works of this era in the Baltic Sea region. Between 1963 and 1981 major restoration work was carried out, and a Renaissance garden was added, modelled after descriptions appearing in old engravings. Güstrow Cathedral, a Brick Gothic cathedral built between 1226 and 1335. Noteworthy are a late Gothic high altar (c. 1500), the tombs of Duke Ulrich III and his two wives (16th cen!tury), and the celebrated Schwebende Engel ("Hovering Angel"), the most famous work of the expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach, created in 1926 as a tribute to the victims of World War I. St. Mary's church, a Brick Gothic parish church, partly remodelled in the 19th century Ernst Barlach's Atelierhaus (studio), that exhibits a large collection of his works. The town hall, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt c. 1800 at the central market square.