Lüssow mansion
| Lüssow mansion | |
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 Lüssow mansion east side - right with portal 1910 |
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| place | Lüssow |
| Client | Achim von Voss-Wolffradt |
| Architectural style | Neo-renaissance |
| Construction year | 1868 |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 54'53.8 " N , 13 ° 29'35.8" E |
The manor house Lüssow is located in the west of the village of Lüssow in the municipality of Gützkow and is also known as Lüssow Castle because of its size .
history
Since the middle of the 17th century Lüssow, which was already a feudal estate , was owned by the von Wolffradt family . The manor had all the usual outbuildings, such as barns, storehouses, stables and other outbuildings, but also accommodations for the servants. They were mostly built with split field stones and bricks, the latter were made in a separate brick factory northeast of the village.
In 1841 Hermann von Wolffradt died without any descendants and bequeathed Lüssow and the other estates to his cousin Achim von Voss from Mecklenburg on the condition that he took over the double name from Voss-Wolffradt.
Achim von Voss-Wolffradt had the manor house built from 1867 onwards, but it did not stand on the manor, but further to the west in a park, which was initiated by his daughter, a married Countess von Behr-Negendank . The mansion was completed in 1868.
Before the occupation by the Red Army in late April 1945, the owner family committed suicide. A typhus hospital was set up in the castle in 1946 , otherwise it was residential accommodation for refugees.
At the castle, the wall from the castle to the gate, the gate to the carriage shed and the ice cellar were partially demolished in 1947 in order to erect building materials for the refugees' stables and sheds.
In 1950 four classrooms were set up in the castle because the old school house in the village was no longer sufficient for the number of students. From 1952, all school lessons were in the former manor house. From 1960 the higher classes were then moved to Gützkow .
In 1968 and 1969 the building was then, unfortunately, completely defaced due to a lack of repair capacities: the east tower above the main entrance was dismantled down to a stump, the gables were straightened - decorations and volutes were removed and finally the towers of the veranda were demolished down to the stumps.
Schools in the castle were completely stopped in 1972, only the kindergarten remained. Of the nine apartments on the upper floors, only four were still occupied. Occasionally the hall and the adjoining rooms were used for events (harvest festivals, etc.).
In 1984 the kindergarten moved to the so-called “economy”. The building has been empty since then. Then the robbery of the building equipment began - the chimneys, doors, stairs and everything that could be used were stolen and vandalism took place.
A job creation measure (ABM) began in 1994 with the clearing and renovation of the park.
Lüssow residents founded the association Schloß und Gut Lüssow in March 1996 . Together with the German Foundation for Monument Protection, they secured the financing of the roof renovation and the security measures for the building.
A second success was that the traditional West Pomeranian country estate Lüssow was transformed into an agricultural museum by 2004.
In 2013 the castle, including the associated land such as the park and ancillary areas, as well as the so-called “economy” with land, was sold to an investor.
architecture
The two- and three-storey, eleven-axis plastered building from the neo-renaissance stands on a raised basement made of hewn field stones. The building had a stair tower with a pointed spire on the east side ; here was the main entrance. On the west side there was a veranda , which was flanked by two smaller protruding towers.
The H-shaped building has continuous three-storey mid - houses on both sides , the gables of which were richly decorated in the past. In the middle of the building there is a two-story gable.
In the basement were the utility and storage rooms for the castle, including the kitchen and the dining room for the " servants ". For the rulers there was a dining elevator to the dining room, which was in front of the terrace .
On the ground floor were the other representative rooms such as the large hall with its two large chimneys opposite the main entrance as well as the library, the music room and the lord's study. There were separate access rooms to the flanking towers of the veranda.
The master's living quarters were on the first floor and the servants' living quarters on the top floor .
In the construction phase of 1867/68, the castle wall from the castle to the gate, the gate to the carriage shed and an ice cellar were built. The gate was modeled on the gable, but essentially only had a decorative function.
After 1945 the mansion was initially used as refugee accommodation for over 20 families. At the same time, in addition to a typhus ward, an outpatient department with a maternity ward (stork room) was established.
In 1950/52 the number of refugee shelters was reduced and a school with classrooms on the 1st and 2nd floors and a kindergarten was set up. After that, only a few demolitions were carried out.
literature
- Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Part IV, Volume II, Anklam 1868, pp. 136-216. (Google books)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ortschronik Lüssow 1228–1945. (PDF; 33 kB) Accessed April 24, 2013 .
- ^ Ortschronik Lüssow 1946–1989. (PDF; 15 kB) Accessed April 24, 2013 .
