Good Kaden
The Kaden estate near Alveslohe in Schleswig-Holstein was farmed from the Middle Ages until the 20th century. The facility, located approx. 20 kilometers north of Hamburg , consisting of a manor house , farm buildings and the former estate area, has served the Gut Kaden Golf Club as a restaurant and centerpiece since 1984 . Gut Kaden is known for international professional golf tournaments across the borders of Germany. All of the world's top golfers, including Tiger Woods, have hit Kaden. Since the spring of 2015, a guest house with 40 rooms has been added to the estate's offers.
historical overview
The later noble estate was first mentioned in 1377 as tho Caden . The early history of the estate is closely linked to the neighboring village of Alveslohe, which was owned by the so-called Knights of Alverslo . They sold the property around 1400 to the long-established Holstein family Reventlow , later it went to the Danish King Christian I. The lands were sold to the Ahlefeld family in 1496 and remained in their possession for over 250 years. The first modest mansion was built around 1532, which served primarily as the widow's seat of the family members who lived in Haselau and Haseldorf . Until then, the estate consisted only of a farm yard. Benedikt Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt abolished serfdom at Gut Kaden as early as 1709 and was one of the first in Holstein, alongside Hans zu Rantzau .
In the course of the 18th century the Ahlefeldts found themselves increasingly in financial difficulties and the estate in Kaden was finally sold in 1754 to the von Schilden family, who had a new manor house built. In the following decades the owners changed again frequently until the estate came to the Counts of Platen-Hallermund in the 19th century . Towards the end of the 20th century, the entire estate was sold and today's golf club was set up.
The manor house and other buildings
The core of the manor house dates back to 1754. It is a two-storey building with a seven-axis courtyard and a five-sided garden facade. Ernst Georg Sonnin was hired as the master builder , who became one of the most famous architects in Northern Germany of his era through the construction of Michaeliskirche in Hamburg . Not much is known about the form of the former baroque building, as the house was largely redesigned in the 19th century. Above all, the interior layout with a vestibule to the south and a garden hall adjoining it to the north, as well as parts of the original stucco work and a portal designed in the Rococo style in the garden-side facade have been preserved. The renovation of the building was carried out by the Platen-Hallermund family from 1864 to 1870, the manor house was raised by one floor and the facades were decorated with sparse neo-Gothic jewelry.
The manor house serves as the golf club's clubhouse and as a public restaurant. Civil weddings have been held in the manor house since October 2008.
The farm was closed in the course of the 20th century, but an extensive building stock with barns, stables and farm buildings of the former complex has been preserved. The mansion was built in the 18th century around a simple Baroque garden supplemented by the few avenues remain. The gardens are now fully integrated into the golf course.
literature
- Henning v. Rumohr: castles and mansions in northern and western Holstein , reworked by Cai Asmus v. Rumohr and Carl-Heinrich Seebach 1988, 2nd edition, Verlag Weidlich Würzburg, ISBN 3-8035-1272-7 , p. 284.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments . Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1994.
- Gerhard Hoch : Alveslohe and Gut Kaden. Meincke, Norderstedt 1996.
- Hans Maresch, Doris Maresch: Schleswig-Holstein's castles, manors and palaces. Husum Verlag, Husum 2006.
- Deert Lafrenz: manors and manors in Schleswig-Holstein . Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein, 2015, Michael Imhof Verlag Petersberg, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-86568-971-9 , p. 273.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 47 '7.4 " N , 9 ° 56" 52.7 " E