Gut Rohlstorf
The Good Rohlstorf is right on Wardersee in the municipality Rohlstorf , a few kilometers east of Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein . The neo-baroque mansion of the estate, which was built in the 16th century, now serves as the so-called Rohlstorf Castle boarding school .
History of the estate
historical overview
The noble estate Rohlstorf was founded at the beginning of the 16th century. At the time it was owned by the knightly von Wensin family, who were also resident on the Wensin estate , which is opposite Rohlstorf on the other bank of the Wardersee. In 1601 the Rohlstorf estate was sold by Gottsche von Wensin († 1639) to the Danish King Christian IV , who handed it over to his general Christer Somme in 1614 as a fief . The general was murdered four years later and Rohlstorf then went to the king's illegitimate son, Ulrich Christian Gyldenlöve, as supplies. From 1625 the owners changed several times, in 1661 the estate came to the Brockdorff family , who stayed here well into the 18th century. The Brockdorff was again followed by changing owners. In 1846 the estate passed to Kuno zu Rantzau-Breitenburg . According to his plans, a new mansion in neo-Gothic style was built at that time. At the end of the 19th century, Gut Rohlstorf was acquired by Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm for his second-born son Herbert von Stumm. In 1908 the estate covered 1,500 hectares. After a fire, the von Stumm family had today's manor house built in 1912 and stayed on Rohlstorf until the end of the Second World War . The mansion was confiscated by the British Army in 1945 and was then used to house refugees. In 1962 the boarding school "Seehorst" was founded on the estate . From then on, the manor house was used to accommodate the students, and a former administration building was converted into a new manor house.
present
Gut Rohlstorf has been in possession of a Rantzau line again since 1992 . The classic division of the manor complex, consisting of manor house and farm yard, has changed due to the current use, the manor house is available for boarding and some of the outbuildings have been converted into private houses. Agriculture continues to be practiced at Gut Rohlstorf, around 600 hectares of the approx. 1100 hectares of land are arable land.
Due to its function as a school building, the manor house is usually not accessible to the public. Exceptions are regular open days and various events such as theater performances staged by the schools.
Buildings
The mansion
The mansion is also known as Rohlstorf Castle ; Since the Danish royal family was one of the owners of the estate in the past, this designation is also possible, even if Rohlstorf did not serve as a royal residence. The present mansion is the third building at this point. A first mansion was demolished for the new 19th century building designed by Kuno Rantzau. This second house was a multi-wing building with an observation tower, it was designed in the neo-Gothic style and was demolished for today's Rohlstorf Castle at the beginning of the 20th century.
The brick-built, two-story mansion from 1912 in its neo-baroque design is a late work of historicism in Schleswig-Holstein. Its structural design and proportions are directly influenced by the not far away manor house on Gut Pronstorf , which is considered one of the main works of baroque architecture in Holstein. The south facing courtyard facade in particular imitates the Pronstorf model. As there, two double-axis side projections protrude from the facade, the center of which is emphasized by a gable - in Pronstorf by a triangular frontispiece, in Rohlstorf by a segmented gable decorated with volutes . Both buildings are structured in a colossal order with circumferential pilasters and covered with a mansard roof. The northern facade of the Rohlstorfer Herrenhaus is directed towards the Wardersee and dispenses with the wing-like projections. The center of the building with the portal is preceded by a three-axis arbor , the gable is similar to that of the south facade.
The interior of the castle was originally designed in the historicist style of the turn of the century. Since the building has been used as a boarding school building for many years and no longer as a stately manor house, the furnishings are appropriate for today's purpose. It houses the living quarters of around 70 students. Since 2010 there has also been a school on the estate. The Annette von Rantzau Community School trains around 90 pupils in grades 5–10. Most of them live in the boarding school, but some also live in the neighboring villages.
Surroundings
The estate is reached via an avenue of lime trees that is around two hundred years old and one kilometer long. The historical paving of the driveway has largely been preserved and is a listed building. To the south-east of the manor is the farm yard, which is still part of the estate today. The courtyard is made up of typical farm buildings such as barns and stables. Former administrators 'and servants' houses are now used as residential buildings, the former coach house has been expanded into a new manor house. The Annette von Rantzau community school has been located in one of the farm buildings since 2010. Of the other buildings, the former granary with its high stepped gable is particularly noteworthy, the oldest parts of which date from the 16th century. The former landscape park is now used by the boarding school as a recreational area.
Web links
Sources and literature
- Dehio: Handbook of the German Art Monuments Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1994, ISBN 978-3422030336
- Hubertus Neuschäffer: Schleswig-Holstein's castles and mansions . Husum 1989, pp. 68f, ISBN 3-88042-462-4
- Hans and Doris Maresch: Schleswig-Holstein's castles, manors and palaces . Husum Verlag, Husum 2006, ISBN 3-89876-278-5
- 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. 480.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 58 ′ 22.6 " N , 10 ° 24 ′ 21.1" E