Bernstorf manor house

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Bernstorf Manor (2014)
Relief with equestrian statue of Henry the Lion

The manor house Bernstorf , also known as Bernstorf Castle , is a listed building in Bernstorf in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

history

It is not known where the von Bernstorff family originated. What is certain is that they came to Mecklenburg in the early 12th century. In 1237 a place Bernstorf near Grevesmühlen was first mentioned in a document. Since it was a young village, it can be concluded that Bernhard's village was founded around 1230. The name goes back to the von Bernstorff family, who had owned the Bernardestorp estate since the 13th century . But it did not belong to the headquarters of the Bernstorff.

The last owner of the estate until 1945 was Chamberlain Hermann von Bernsdorff (1867–1946) on Wedendorf , who lived in the Bernstorff manor from 1933 to 1945. After that, the property was expropriated and had a wide range of uses.

Mansion

The elaborate two-storey neo-renaissance building was built from 1877 to 1880 according to plans by Georg Daniel in the form of the Dutch renaissance , one could also say Weser renaissance. Brick for the foundation and sandstone for all architectural details ensure a highly varied appearance, which is particularly characterized by the high tower, once with a Welscher hood , and the gable.

On the long sides, the rectangular central building was widened by protruding side projections . The flat central and side projections are equipped with high volute gables . The structure was made with yellow bricks and sandstone. The lighter brick was used in this decade especially for buildings in the city and in the area around Wismar. On the northeast side a tower rises above an octagonal floor plan, of which only the shaft and the eaves cornice have been preserved. The former crown was removed. The window frames and architectural structures are made of yellow brick. In the north-eastern gable top, an elaborate relief with a depiction of the Saxon Duke Henry the Lion additionally underlines the noble origins of the builder and points to family history. The inscription reads: AD HENRICUS LEO 1167 Fear God, shy no one .

The Bernstorfer Herrenhaus can be regarded as an artistically outstanding building, which with its facade design in Mecklenburg only exists in the Dobbertin Monastery . Georg Daniel had received the facade gable there on the enclosure building in 1885 as a beautification contract for the construction of the so-called Dominahaus. The northern decorative gable there was more elaborate and decorated with filigree sandstone elements. At that time, a Christian Hugo Graf von Bernstorff was the monastery captain in the Dobbertin monastery.

Further use

The former mansion was extensively renovated from 2012 onwards and was opened in late April 2014 as a bio hospice .

Atonement stone

Another monument-protected atonement stone with the oldest known coat of arms of the Bernstorffs stands southwest of the manor house. It was erected in 1359 as a rectangular limestone stele for Werner Bernstorp, who was killed in a duel. It shows the praying knight and his coat of arms, on which three sea leaves grow out of the water. In the lower part there are incised drawings depicting a kneeling prayer, a cross and minuscule inscriptions on both sides . The crabs that were once attached to the headpiece are lost. The Latin inscription reads (beginning between the worshiper and the crucifix): O Jes [us Christ] have mercy on me (and in the frame) Anno Domini 1359, the day before Petri chain festival [1. August] the squire Werner Bernstorp died. Pray for him

literature

  • Georg Dehio , edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann, Gerd Baier, Dietlinde Brugmann, Antje Heling, Barbara Rimpel: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 , pp. 66–67.
  • Gerd Baier, Horst Ende , Brigitte Oltmans, General Editor Heinrich Trost The architectural and art monuments in the Mecklenburg coastal region with the cities of Rostock and Wismar Henschel Verlag GmbH Berlin, 1900 ISBN 3-362-00523-3
  • Werner Graf von Bernstorff: The lords and counts of Bernstorff. A family history (private print), Celle 1982.
  • Eckart Conze: Of German nobility. The Counts of Bernstorff in the twentieth century. Stuttgart, Munich 2000.

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Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
    • LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Provincial Monastery / Monastery Office Dobbertin. No. 3.2 Management, official minutes.
    • LHAS 5.12-3 / 1 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Ministry of the Interior. No. 4669 rural community Bernstorf 1921–1948.
    • LHAS 5.12-4 / 3 Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests, Dept. Settlement Office. No. 2001 Chivalrous estate Bernstorf 1934–1949.
    • LHAS 5.12-9 / 7 District Office Schönberg. No. 3139 Complaint from Count von Bernstorff on Bernstorf about district chimney sweep master Heinrich Möller from Rehna 1936–1937. No. 3191, 3192 buildings on Gut Bernstorf 1933–1949.
    • LHAS 9.1-1 Reich Chamber Court . Trial files 1495-1806.
    • LHAS 10.9 H / 08 personal estate Hildebrandt, Friedrich. No. 6 Speeches by Friedrich Hildebrandt, arguments with Count von Bernstorff and Hardenberg on July 9, 1935.
  • Wismar City Archives
    • Trial files of the Tribunal 1653–1803. No. 459 Chamberlain von Bernstorff auf Bernstorf 1765.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eckhardt Opitz: The Bernstorffs. A European family. Heide 2001, ISBN 3-8042-0992-0 , pp. 9-10.
  2. ↑ Hospiz Schloss Bernstorf - History of the house Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schloss-bernstorf.de
  3. ↑ To Hermann's data http://www.vonbernstorff.net/ahnen-suche
  4. ^ Horst Ende : Georg Daniel as an architect and preservationist in Mecklenburg. Lecture on February 11, 2004 on his 175th birthday at the State Office for Monument Preservation in Schwerin.
  5. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Deutscher Kunstverlag, revision, Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 , pp. 66–67.
  6. ^ "A hostel for life" - biohospice opened at Bernstorf Castle ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Message from the district of Northwest Mecklenburg dated April 29, 2014, accessed on June 14, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nordwestmecklenburg.de

Web links

Commons : Herrenhaus Bernstorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 49 ′ 37.6 ″  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 52.5 ″  E