Heinrichsruh mansion

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The Heinrichsruh mansion is a baroque mansion south of the village of the same name in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

investment

The manor house and the associated garden are around 200 meters south of the village street, which runs in an east-west direction. Originally there was a five-hectare park behind the house, of which around three hectares are now covered with forest. The mansion was centrally located within the estate area, which underscored its importance and the character of a planned landscape. Originally, the glassworks as well as several economic courtyards were systematically arranged around the manor house. Most of these buildings were demolished before 1835. An avenue with linden and chestnut trees connects the property to the street. In front of the manor house, this avenue leads into a courtyard with a circular yew tree. Together with the manor house, a kitchen wing and a coach house wing enclose this courtyard.

Building description

The mansion is a half-timbered building stretched in an east-west direction with a base area of ​​14 by 29 meters. The heavily drawn-down mansard roof is striking, with a top floor barely restricted by inclines above the individual full floor and crowned by two chimneys. The courtyard side is structured by eleven axes with large-format windows. The garden side has only nine window axes and a ten meter wide central risalit .

The entrance hall of the mansion is dominated by a double-angled staircase, under which a passage leads to the garden room, the largest room on this level. From there, an enfilade opens up two further lounges on the garden side. On the courtyard side there was a dining room to the east of the entrance hall and living rooms to the west. Stucco work on the ceilings, fabric wallpapers and wall paintings in the interiors of both floors are only a few remains. The most important pieces of equipment that have been preserved are a coat of arms and a Delft-style faience stove . Some of the doors on the ground floor stand out for their design with pilasters and lunettes . The upper floor is dominated by a central hall with a window front facing the garden.

history

The builder of the manor house and thus the founder of the village that later formed was Christoph Ludwig Henrici , who leased the offices of Ueckermünde and Torgelow from the Prussian crown in 1726. In the following decades he carried out extensive land development , had large areas drained, and new villages and production plants were built. In 1749 Henrici had a glassworks built in the area of ​​today's village Heinrichsruh . The Heinrichsruh mansion was built in 1752, the associated garden and a 250 hectare estate were laid out. Christoph Ludwig Henrici died on January 11, 1758 in Heinrichsruh. In 1769 the family business, which was continued by his son August Ludwig, went bankrupt. The Heinrichsruh glassworks was closed, but the mansion and the estate remained in the family's possession until the death of August Ludwig's widow in 1827.

In 1836 the now very run-down facilities were bought by the manor owner Eduard Schmidt. His son of the same name had the estate split up and sold in the 1870s. His brother Otto Schmidt bought the manor house and the park in 1902. In 1941 a master butcher Popp from Stettin bought the manor house. When his widow died in 1969, the Heinrichsruh community took over the building. After the Second World War, the manor house was used as accommodation for refugee families. It later served as a storage room or was empty. The condition deteriorated noticeably. Parts of the complex collapsed, the framework was infested with real dry rot. However, the lack of maintenance and therefore the lack of renovations meant that, unlike other baroque buildings, the complex was hardly redesigned.

In 1997 the association “Denkmalpflegezentrum eV” bought the house and began with the renovation, supported by numerous volunteers. The "Vorpommersche Künstlerhaus" has been located in the former manor house since 2000. In addition to a lithography workshop, the house houses various artist studios and rehearsal rooms for musicians. Concerts, readings, opera performances, master classes, masked balls and exhibitions take place in the building.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 34.5 "  N , 13 ° 55 ′ 13.5"  E