Gestorf manor house
The Gestorf manor is located in Gestorf in Lower Saxony . The castle-like building in neo-Gothic style was built in 1884 as a mansion for the von Ilten family according to plans by the Hanoverian architect Christoph Hehl .
description
The manor is located on the property of a manor I in Gestorf, which is owned by the von Ilten family. It is surrounded by a spacious yard with barns , stables, coach houses and other farm buildings . Adjacent used to be the manor garden, which was converted into a park in the 19th century .
The manor house was built with limestone from the nearby Limberg , which previously belonged to the estate. The building is characterized by a middle risalit with a stepped gable and an altar- like overbuilt portico . A tower belongs to the building .
history
The manor goes back to the estate of the von Ilten family in Gestorf since the 14th century. By the middle of the 19th century there were five manor estates in the village, three of which were merged under Wilhelm von Ilten to form manor I. With almost 3000 acres of land and forest, it was one of the largest holdings in the Calenberger Land .
The forerunner of the manor house was a half-timbered building built in 1794 , which was destroyed by fire in 1881. About 50 meters away from the burned down house, the manor house that exists today was built in a castle-like manner from 1883 to 1884.
After the end of the Second World War , the manor house was inhabited by displaced persons . The von Ilten family sold the house in 1954 to the Evangelical Aid Association, which used it as a home for the elderly . In 1997, the therapy facility STEP from Hanover acquired the manor house and has been using it, since extensive renovation of the interior, to reintegrate addicts .
literature
- Gestorf manor house. In: Hans Maresch, Doris Maresch: Lower Saxony's palaces, castles and mansions. Husum Verlag, Husum 2012, ISBN 978-3-89876-604-3 , p. 103.
- Heiner Jürgens (edit.): The art monuments of the province of Hanover. Hanover district: The art monuments of the Springe district. Volume 1, Edition 3. Self-published by the Provincial Administration, Hanover 1941, p. 70.
Web links
- Gestorf manor in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas
- Description of the von Ilten Gutshof
- History of Rittergut Gestorf I at Burgen-und-Schloesser.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Konrad Maier, Heike Seewald: District of Hanover: Art and culture on both sides of the leash. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-422-00119-0 , p. 28.
- ↑ Description of Gestorf Castle , accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ↑ Book title with table of contents
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 58.3 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 21.9" E