Well Woltersdorf
The Woltersdorf estate was a manor in Woltersdorf near Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
Since the 15th century, the von Alvensleben from Rogätz owned one of the three manors in Woltersdorf. From 1710–1714 they were acquired by the Minister Johann Friedrich II von Alvensleben at Hundisburg Castle .
One of his sons, Drost Carl August II von Alvensleben from the Electorate of Hanover , created a mansion with a pleasure garden in Woltersdorf . The manor house, of which only a small remainder is left, was built in 1744 and was situated on a hill gently sloping towards the west towards the Elbe valley. The view of Magdeburg's cityscape still rests today with the imperial cathedral towering over the river and - before the destruction since 1945 - many two-towered churches. Downstream industrial plants follow the course of the Elbe, which the eye can follow up to the keep of Rogätz. A terrace garden, which stretched south along the transverse axis of the house, formed the foreground of the landscape. The small forecourt led to the large, still preserved manor. The old church, renovated at the same time as the palace was built in 1744, still has the expressive, coarse decorative furnishings of that time.
After 1800, the Alvensleben from Woltersdorf were still important personalities in public life in two generations:
- Gebhard Karl Ludolf von Alvensleben (1798–1867), Prussian. General of the cavalry and member of Prussia. Mansion.
- Gebhard Nikolaus von Alvensleben (1824–1909), head forester and member of the Prussian organization. Mansion.
- Gustav Hermann von Alvensleben (1827–1905), Prussian. General of the Cavalry and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
However, they were unable to maintain the leased property, which had been burdened with debts since the wars of freedom, and sold it in 1881 to the then tenant Brandt.
literature
- Ud0 von Alvensleben : Alvensleben castles and country estates. Dortmund 1960.
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 19.1 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 18.3 ″ E