The first mention of Szymbarku come from 1378 years. However, it is likely that the construction of the castle belonging to the Chapter Pomezania started on the lake Szymbarskim even in the first half of the fourteenth century. The second stage began with Bishop Henry Skarlina in 1386, evidenced by the inscription on the gate over the portal: "Hec est porta Constructa anno domini MCCCLXXXVI Fratris tempore Henrici de Skarlin prepositi". The castle was then the form of a rectangle with a courtyard, at the corners of the defensive wall had a square in the fundamentals of the towers. Apart from them, on each side two more constant. The entrance led by a wooden drawbridge. In the fifteenth century, the castle was probably rebuilt, it was associated with the Polish-Teutonic wars so you can conclude that it has been damaged during them. The amendments relate mainly entry. During the Thirteen Years' War, the castle was in the hands of the Prussian Union and returned to the Polish in 1520 what he writes in the still leaves the bishop Tomicki to John Boner.

In the sixteenth century the castle passed into the hands of von Polentzów who again extended the castle adapting it to serve as residences. Then replaced by, among others, a wooden bridge supported by four brick arches. Since 1699 until the end of World War II, the castle belonged to the von Finck family Finckensteinów. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century representatives of this family added the new residential house.

In the last years of the Second World War the castle was burned by the Russians, in the sixties of the twentieth century were carried out safety work object. Today the castle is in private hands and can be visited by arrangement with the supervisor object.