1250

Foundation of a cloister for "Zisterzienser" nuns in Reinbek

1534

Fire destroys the cloister

1572-1576

The castle is built on the grounds of the cloister by Duke Adolf I of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1526-86)

1647-1867

Seat of the royal Danish administrators of Reinbek

1868

Seat of the first Prussian head of the district authority of Stormarn

1874

Sale of the castle and conversion into a grand hotel with new central block in neo-gothic style and closure of the archways

1939

Sale of the castle to the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, conversion to the Institute for Foreign and Colonial Forestry

1972

Purchase of the castle by the county of Stormarn and the city of Reinbek

1977-1987

Restoration of the castle with the financial support of the German government and the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein