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| | Schwerin Castle |
 | | In 1167, Henry gave the County of Schwerin to his feudatory Gunzelin von Hagen, and the rest of the country was returned to Niklot's son Pribislav, forming the ducal hereditary line that lasted until 1918. |
 | | In 1358, the County of Schwerin was bought by the descendants of Niklot, who had been elevated to Dukes of Mecklenburg in 1348. |
 | | As the castle, despite its location on an island, needed additional defenses, bastions were established to the Northwest, Southwest and Southeast around the middle of the 16th century; they were probably built by the same Italian architects who, under Francesco a Bornau, also worked in Dömitz. |
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