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The manor house at Gut Wensin, view of the courtyard facade

The Wensin estate is located in the Wensin municipality of the same name in eastern Schleswig-Holstein and is one of three noble estates on Lake Warder . The property has been managed since the Middle Ages up to the present day, the typical manor house dates from the 17th century.

historical overview

Like the neighboring Pronstorf estate, Gut Wensin is of Wendish origin. In the Middle Ages, Wensin became the ancestral seat of a German knight dynasty who, together with the Counts of Schauenburg, came to what was once West Slavic territory and took the name of the place. Under the so-called knights of Wensin , a first moated castle in the form of a fortified semi-detached house was built in Garbek, a few kilometers north of today's estate . In 1421 the property went to the ancient Buchwaldt family , who stayed here until the 17th century and were also based on Pronstorf and the Rohlstorf estate, which is also located on the Wardersee . Owners were Nicolaus v. Buchwaldt († around 1440), who bought it in 1421, his son Hinrik v. Buchwaldt († 1449), his son Henneke v. Buchwaldt († 1480), his son Otto v. Buchwaldt († 1537), his son Henneke v. Buchwaldt († 1564), his brother Detlev v. Buchwaldt († 1569), his son Claus v. Buchwaldt († 1620), his son Hans v. Buchwaldt († 1636), who only had daughters and sold the estate in 1635. The moated castle and the associated farmyard were destroyed by a large fire in 1625, followed by the sale of the land to the Brockdorff family in 1635 . The owners were then Joachim v. Brockdorff († 1680), who bought it in 1635, his son Detlev v. Brockdorff († 1732), his son Wulf Jasper von Brockdorff († 1740), his son Hans Adolph v. Brockdorff († 1761). Joachim von Brockdorff relocated the estate south to the shore of the lake and had a new manor house built there by 1642. Wensin was expanded and expanded in the following century, and it came to the Thienen family through inheritance . In 1763 it was acquired by Wulf Heinrich von Thienen († 1809). In 1798 it was sold to the Schwerdtfeger family (to Wilhelmine Catharina Elisabeth Schwerdtfeger, the so-called Demoiselle). In 1807 and again in 1877 two large fires destroyed large parts of the farm buildings. At the turn of the 20th century, Wensin was sold to the Hastedt family , who still own it today.

The Wensin estate is managed to the present day, large parts of the land occupy the grounds of a golf club. The so-called old warehouse of the estate is used today for gastronomic purposes. The manor house is privately owned and inhabited, so it is not accessible to visitors. The historic manor garden is opened for events such as the Open Monument Day, and guided tours are also available for groups upon registration.

Buildings

The view of the rear facade reveals the two-part structure of the manor house. Photo taken around 1900

The mansion

The manor house was built from 1635 to 1642 under Joachim von Brockdorff and is one of the last important works of the Renaissance in Schleswig-Holstein. The shape of the mansion goes back to the traditional semi-detached house , a design that was widespread on the local moated castles of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Unlike the mostly compact and well-fortified buildings of the Middle Ages, such as the mansion on Gut Wahlstorf , the mansion on Wensin is more regular with its wide front and also more comfortable thanks to the uniform windowing. It thus resembles the manor house on Gut Jersbek , which was built between 1617 and 1620. The two single houses on Wensin are connected on their long sides, the side facades are designed as stepped gables . The front facade is on the longitudinal front and faces the courtyard; the entrance was originally emphasized by a central stair tower.

The two-part structure of the house can also be seen in the floor plan, the front house mainly houses the large halls, while the rear house mainly houses living spaces. The two-storey mansion was partly expanded and rebuilt in the 18th century in the Rococo style. The three-part portal made of sandstone, as well as the paneling, the stucco ceilings and the furnace niches of the interior come from this period.

The farm yard

Due to the repeated fires on Wensin, the historical building stock of the manor was partially destroyed. One of the oldest buildings is the two-storey cavalier's house from 1727 , located by the manor house. Today's farm buildings date mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The largest building is the so-called Alte Speicher, a historic building in the arched style . The former commercial building is larger than the manor house, and today it is mainly used for gastronomic purposes. The owners have succeeded in preserving the grown ensemble of the property. After the renovation of the manor house at the end of the 1980s, the granary, the orangery and the dairy were converted into apartments. The so-called buttermilk house and the garden wall with the wrought iron gate have been restored. In 2010, the repair work on the elongated, two-story cavalier house from 1727 was completed. An additional apartment was built on the upper floor.

The manor garden

Opposite the granary is the manor garden. Its conception goes back to a hortus conclusus , a closed Renaissance garden of the 17th century. The garden, which is partly surrounded by a historic wall, has dimensions of 150 × 75 meters. In 1763 the Danish conference councilor Wulf Hinrich von Thienen purchased the estate. He had the manor garden redesigned in the Baroque style. During this time, the linden avenues that form a crossroads and divide the garden into four compartments were created. Since then, the trees have been cut regularly and, if necessary, replanted - a special feature in Schleswig-Holstein's garden history. In the eastern moat there is a small island that connects the manor house with the garden via two bridges. This romantic motif probably dates from the time of the landlady Wilhelmine Schwerdtfeger (1750–1816). She also had the moat in the east widened to create scenic ponds and then added an English section. In Gutsgarten Wensin, the use as a kitchen and orchard as well as a place of representation were closely linked from the start. The desire for lordly representation is shown, among other things, in a rich sculpture program, of which only the garden sculpture of Apollon made of sandstone in the focus of one of the linden avenues has been preserved. The equipment includes an ornate wrought iron garden gate. This double-leaf gate with filigree tendrils and floral elements dates from the first third of the 18th century. It is the main entrance to the garden and is located in the western wall. The garden gate, which had been in need of renovation for many years, was restored and supplemented in 2010. The small orangery in the Wensin estate is also a testament to the landlord's wish to make his power and status clear to the visitor, because the cultivation of citrus fruits was very expensive and required special gardening skills. The garden was supplemented in the 19th century by the planting of exotic solitary trees in the sense of a landscape garden . However, the estate garden has never been completely redesigned in the landscape style and has not been overgrown to this day. Historical trees have been preserved.

Web links

Sources and literature

  • Helmut Behrens: Kavalierhaus on Gut Wensin can be used in a contemporary way after renovation. In: Monument. Journal for Monument Preservation in Schleswig-Holstein. 17/2010, ISSN  0946-4549 , p. 122.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein . 3rd revised and updated edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-03120-3 , pp. 960–961.
  • Eva von Engelberg-Dočkal: Culture Map Schleswig-Holstein. Discover culture a thousand times. , 2nd edition, Wachholtz-Verlag, Neumünster 2005, ISBN 3-5290-8006-3 .
  • Kurt Lange: The garden gate at Gut Wensin - For restoration and the art-historical and technical assessment. In: Monument. Journal for Monument Preservation in Schleswig-Holstein. 14/2007, ISSN  0946-4549 , pp. 79-81.
  • Hans and Doris Maresch: Schleswig-Holstein's castles, manors and palaces . Husum Verlag, Husum 2006, ISBN 3-89876-278-5 .
  • Jörg Matthies: "These parks are the poetry of the duchies" - manor gardens in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Marion Bejschowetz-Iserhoht, Reiner Hering (Hrsg.): The order of nature. Historic gardens and parks in Schleswig-Holstein. Exhibition catalog Landesarchiv Schleswig (= publications of the Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein. 93). Hamburg University Press, Schleswig 2008, ISBN 978-3-931292-83-6 , pp. 91-116.
  • Hubertus Neuschäffer: Schleswig-Holstein's castles and mansions . Husum 1989, ISBN 3-88042-462-4 .
  • 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. 615.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family Schwerdtfeger. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  2. ^ Helmut Behrens: Kavalierhaus on Gut Wensin can be used in a contemporary way after renovation. In: Monument. Journal for Monument Preservation in Schleswig-Holstein. 17/2010, ISSN  0946-4549 , p. 122.
  3. ↑ Gutsgarten Wensin. Garden board of the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein (PDF; 207 kB).
  4. ↑ Garden routes between the seas .
  5. ↑ Kurt Lange: The garden gate at Gut Wensin - For restoration and the art-historical and craft evaluation. In: Monument. Journal for Monument Preservation in Schleswig-Holstein. 14/2007, ISSN  0946-4549 , pp. 79, 80.
  6. ↑ Kurt Lange: The garden gate at Gut Wensin - For restoration and the art-historical and craft evaluation. In: Monument. Journal for Monument Preservation in Schleswig-Holstein. 14/2007, ISSN  0946-4549 , p. 81.
  7. ↑ Jörg Matthies: "These parks are the poetry of the duchies" - manor gardens in Schleswig-Holstein. In: Marion Bejschowetz-Iserhoht, Reiner Hering (Hrsg.): The order of nature. Historic gardens and parks in Schleswig-Holstein. Exhibition catalog Landesarchiv Schleswig (= publications of the Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein. 93). Hamburg University Press, Schleswig 2008, ISBN 978-3-931292-83-6 , pp. 94, 98.

Coordinates: 53 ° 58 ′ 43.4 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 32"  E