Vollenschier manor
The Vollenschier manor is a manor in the village of Vollenschier in Saxony-Anhalt, part of the Stendal district of Wittenmoor .
location
On the north-facing front side extends the manor lined with farm buildings. The complex also includes the Vollenschier manor church , which was built later, and Vollenschier Castle .
Architecture and history
In 1484 Gebhard von Alvensleben received Vollenschier as a fief. He first had a Vorwerk and later the estate built. The manor house that exists today was built as a single-storey building during the Baroque period in the middle of the 18th century. The estate belonged to Baron von Etzel . Later, his son-in-law Baron von Kloppmann took over the estate.
There is a gabled risalit on both the front and the rear garden side . The facade is structured by mirror surfaces below and keystones above the windows as well as pilaster strips and a projecting eaves. The building is covered by a mansard hipped roof with four dormers.
The entrance leads into a centrally located hall with a hexagonal floor plan in which there is a sweeping stucco ceiling. In the 18th century there was a geometrically laid out baroque garden behind the manor house.
Horses, sheep, cows and oxen were kept and arable farming was carried out on the estate. In addition, there was an estate gardening facility. As a result of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone , in which Vollenschier was located, the von Kloppmann family was expropriated in the summer of 1945, whereupon Baron von Kloppmann fled to West Germany. However, the estate was preserved as a whole and was continued as a folk estate with animal and plant breeding. The manor house was initially inhabited until around 1990 and then in great need of renovation. The operation of the estate was also stopped in 1990/91.
In 1992 the von Engelbrechten family , who are largely related to the former owners, acquired the estate. The manor house was renovated. The family moved to Vollenschier in 2004 and started farming again.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Saxony-Anhalt I, administrative district Magdeburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 960.
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 2 " N , 11 ° 39 ′ 56.1" E