Gut Falkenberg

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The manor house of Gut Falkenberg in 1994

Gut Falkenberg belongs to the municipality of Lürschau in the Schleswig-Flensburg district . The estate is said to have been given this name because falcons living on the area are said to have flown south in autumn and north in spring.

history

The royal Danish chamberlain and major general Count Heinrich von Reventlou (1763-1848, also called Reventlow ), married to Countess Sophie von Baudissin (1778-1853), had bought the area around the former Freihof "Ruhekrug" at the end of the 18th century to build his new courtyard there, which he now named "Falkenberg". As its name suggests, the “rest jug” was an old resting station on the edge of the old ox path, where traders with their draft oxen had stopped for centuries.

Gut Falkenberg in 1819; back left the new manor house
(source: sketch by the landowner Countess Sophie von Reventlou; from her sketchbook)

In the years 1796–1804, Count Reventlou had the classical manor house built on the ruins of the neighboring moated castle “Alt-Gottorp” (old name: “Waterborg”), an oval wall with a crescent-shaped outer bailey , a system of the Schleswig bishops . This castle was built after an agreement between the German Emperor Otto the Great (912–973) and the Danish King Harald Blauzahn (around 910–987) to establish the diocese of Schleswig in the middle of the 10th century, but was abandoned again in 1161 at the latest ( see: Gottorf Castle ) and fell into disrepair in the period that followed.

The builder of the representative Falkenberg manor house, equipped with valuable stucco work, was the architect Carl Gottlob Horn (1734–1807), who was experienced in building Holstein manor houses and castles and who worked exclusively for the businessman Heinrich Carl Graf von Schimmelmann and his family, the “richest man Europe ". The ornate wall paintings in the interior, which are still preserved today, were executed by the Italian painter Giuseppe Anselmo Pellicia , who was known for his Pompeian style, was also in Schimmelmann's service and at that time also painted the mansions of Emkendorf , Knoop and Ahrensburg .

Reventlou's successor as lord of Falkenberg was his son-in-law Adolph Baron von Blome (1798–1875). He had married Countess Fanny von Reventlou (1803-1856) in Wittenberg in 1823 , who was born in 1803 in the recently completed manor house in Falkenberg.

In the German-Danish War (1848–1851), the fighting raged on the Falkenberg area, as the important north-south road between the park and the mansion led through and cut through the manor. The enclosed grave of a fallen Danish soldier can still be seen here today.

After 1851 the Danish King Frederick VII (1808–1863) became the owner of the property. He had the manor house expanded into a small hunting lodge and entertained his hunting guests in the 12 meter long and 6 meter wide ballroom. The former entrance to the manor was closed by the wrought-iron gate with the king's initials FR (Friedricus Rex), which has now been restored and stands directly in front of the manor house.

present

Today the Nordic simple and well-proportioned mansion is plastered, has 9 axes and a two-storey, triangular gabled central risalit . The roof is covered with pans. The owner had been the farmer Claudius von Samson-Himmelstjerna (1930–2001) since 1971 , who had been farming Falkenberg since 1958.

In 1975 Gutshof and Gutshaus were the filming locations for the three-part TV series “ Der Stechlin ” based on the novel by Theodor Fontane with a. a. Arno Assmann , Diana Körner , Willi Rose and Ulrich von Dobschütz . For this purpose the manor house was renovated at the expense of the production company and the owners lived in an outbuilding for months.

In the years 1999 to 2006 restoration and conversion measures were carried out. So was u. a. the former pigsty was also converted into holiday apartments.

Already during the filming of the TV movie “Stechlin” (1975) there were indications of further wall paintings, but they were not followed up at the time. It was not until August 2010 that restoration work in the manor house, which was carried out after the change of ownership to the son, the lawyer Armin von Samson-Himmelstjerna (* 1970), was found again with classicist wall paintings in a fairly good state of preservation, which - like those discovered earlier ( see above) - can also be assigned to the Italian painter Giuseppe Anselmo Pellicia. These paintings in the garden room and in a cabinet next to it show scenes from Greek mythology with two-dimensional ornaments and large figures.

literature

  • Henning v. Rumohr: Castles and mansions in the Duchy of Schleswig , newly edited. by Cai Asmus v. Rumohr, 1987, Verlag Weidlich Würzburg, 3rd edition, ISBN 3-8035-1302-2 , p. 168

Individual evidence

  1. Biography of Sophie v. R. in Deert Lafrenz / Jürgen Ostwald: The drawing book of Sophie Countess Reventlow, views from Schleswig-Holstein around 1820 , Christians, Hamburg, 1989, ISBN 3767210819 , with numerous illustrations
  2. Blome was landlord on Bahrenfleth , Bekmünde , Bekhof and Blomesche Wildnis (all Steinburg district ), royal Danish chamberlain , court hunter, secret conference councilor, ambassador to England and member of the Danish Imperial Council .
  3. ^ Renovation of the Falkenberg Cavalier House and Manor House
  4. ^ Sensational find of wall paintings , report from August 17, 2010
  5. Anna Kahlen: Gut Falkenberg reveals its treasure , in: Flensburger Tageblatt of August 26, 2010

Coordinates: 54 ° 32 ′ 23 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 55"  E