Möthlitz manor house
The Möthlitz manor house is located in the center of Möthlitz in the west of the Havelland district . The manor house belonged to the former Möthlitz manor .
history
Möthlitz was first mentioned in a document in the 13th or 14th century. In the late Middle Ages , the von Hünecke family acquired Möthlitz. Furthermore, the family had the church patronage for the village church Möthlitz . 1652 should consist of a noble house lehmverputztem truss have been built. On the manor of the von Hünecke family there was a brickworks , a post mill , which was first mentioned in 1663, an oil mill and a sheep farm . In 1822 the estate also had its own brewery . In the 19th century the manor was eligible for state assembly under Baron von Hünecke . In 1903 the von Hünecke family died out. Heir to the manor was a niece of Hermann von Hünicke, the last owner of the family. Hedwig von Knoblauch became the new owner. This had the manor house extensively redesigned from 1904 under the direction of the architect Jürgen Bachmann . In addition to new outbuildings, an expanded kitchen wing was built on the southeast corner. Furthermore, a winter garden was added and the facade changed. Inside, central heating and a luminous gas system were installed and water pipes were laid. A new driveway was planted with plane trees and beech hedges and a park was created. The financing came primarily through the sale of clay mined on the estate . In 1906 Hedwig von Knoblauch leased the agricultural land to the Nitzahn landowner Otto Zander, but kept the manor house, hunting and forestry rights and church patronage.
In the 1920s, Botho-Wiegand took over the Möthlitz estate from Knoblauch. Because of financial difficulties, it was founded in 1931 under a receivership made and sold 1938th The last owner before the expropriation was Wilhelm Sagel.
After the Second World War , the entire estate with 273 hectares of arable land, 66 hectares of meadows, 180 hectares of forest, the manor house and all the outbuildings were expropriated by the Soviet military administration and the land and buildings were divided among 29 landless and poor families. The manor house was initially a residence for resettlers for a short time and then until 1991 the apprentice residence of the local agricultural production cooperative (LPG).
The manor house was empty until 2004. Since then it has been privately owned again with several outbuildings. The manor house is under the name Holiday Castle Möthlitzer mill as a guest house used and venue. It is in a poor structural condition.
architecture
In addition to the church, the manor house shapes the image of Möthlitz. The two-storey building with a half-hipped roof is located on the eaves directly on the main road. It is a white-gray painted plaster building. The original windows and outer doors have been replaced by very simple box windows that are not true to the original . One above the main portal befindliches tympanum with coat of arms of the families of Hünicke and garlic survived renovations since 1945. Other jewelry items are simple aperture . An eaves cornice ends in gable ears on both sides . The roof of the house, originally covered with beaver tails, was covered with corrugated iron after the tiles were removed. The dormers were retained.
In 1949, the additions Hedwig of garlic were, in the south-eastern part of the kitchen area, one of two dorisierenden columns with architrave supported Altan and east of the conservatory, demolished. Instead of the winter garden, a single-storey hall building with a flat gable roof was built during the GDR era . The manor house was largely reduced to the core structure. Its architectural style follows the Prussian agricultural school developed by David Gilly .
Next to the castle is the former inspector's house, it was built in the early 19th century and is a two-story building - also with a half-hipped roof. The building was used as a grist mill and storage facility after 1945.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 104.
- ↑ a b Almut Andreae, Udo Geiseler (ed.): The manor houses of the Havelland. Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte, 2001, p. 203. ISBN 3-931836-59-2 .
- ↑ Almut Andreae, Udo Geiseler (ed.): The manor houses of the Havelland. Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte, 2001, p. 204. ISBN 3-931836-59-2 .
- ↑ Holiday castle Möthlitzer Mühle . Accessed May 30, 2015.
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 29.3 " N , 12 ° 23 ′ 19.4" E