Significant parts were built between 1845 and 1857 by Gottfried Semper, Friedrich August Stüler, Georg Adolf Demmler and Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. Demmler's plan was carried out from 1843 to 1851, and Stüler later added an equestrian statue of Niklot and the cupola. Heinrich Strack designed the interior.
The castle sits on an island in Lake Schwerin. It is built in the historicist style, regarded as one of the most important works of Romantic historicism in Europe, and is nicknamed the Neuschwanstein of the North. Demmler drew inspiration from French Renaissance castles, including the Loire Valley châteaux such as Chambord.
A fire destroyed about a third of the palace in December 1913. Parts now serve as the seat of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament, the Landtag, which has met here since late 1990. UNESCO inscribed the Schwerin Residence Ensemble, dated 2023 in the infobox and 2024 in the text.
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