Meierei am Landsberg
The Meierei am Landsberg , also called Gut Landsberg , is a former ducal estate in the southern Thuringian district town of Meiningen . The property, located at the foot of the 378 m high Landsberg, once belonged to the Duke of Saxony-Meiningen together with Landsberg Castle . The dairy is a listed building.
description
The dairy consists of a U-shaped building complex, which is made up of four two-story farm buildings and the mansion as the center. The architecture of all buildings is in the style of Swiss mountain farms and in this form is a special feature in Thuringia. The manor house is flanked by two stables , one of which was initially built as a farmhouse with a taproom. The coach house with joinery and servants' house are at right angles to the stables . The three hectare dairy farm once also included an apiary, a dormitory and 20 hectares of land.
The manor house has around 500 m² of living and usable space. The ground floor and the first floor are made of solid natural stone masonry. The second floor and the attic, like the farm buildings , have been built in half-timbered construction. The brick compartments are plastered white. All farm buildings have on the first floor, the manor house on the second floor, a circumferential wooden gallery in the form of a balustrade and flat, protruding saddle roofs. The wooden window and door frames as well as the verges and balconies are richly carved. A two-sided stone staircase with wooden railing, which is supported on two stone pillars, leads to the first floor via a two-sided stone staircase at the front of the manor house. Due to the hillside location of the building at the rear of the house, this can also be reached at ground level. The second floor is completely paneled with wood and the attic has a decorative framework. All buildings have been restored in their original colors.
history
The dairy farm went from a farm produce, which in medieval times to supply the Burgenland weirs created in the possession of the respective Burgmannen was. Even after the castle was destroyed in the Peasants' War , the farm continued to operate under often changing owners. In the course of the construction of Landsberg Castle, Duke Bernhard II acquired the farmyard as well as the castle ruins. The old manor was largely demolished and the dairy was built in its place. In 1836 the farmhouse (today stable) with pub was built, in 1837 the stable and barns and in 1842 the manor house. Operated by the Herzoghaus, among other things, with a milk kitchen and bakery, the dairy was for many years a popular excursion destination for the Meiningers and their guests.
After the Second World War, the property and its parcels were separated from Landsberg Castle, and it was initially used to accommodate resettlers from eastern Germany. The pub existed until the mid-1950s. Subsequently, from 1954 on, the dairy was incorporated into a state-owned estate , which set up an animal breeding facility with agricultural apprenticeship training. After the fall of the Wall , an alternative farm took over the dairy from the trust and the dairy was called the Gut Landsberg school farm . Children, whole school classes, especially from big cities, should be introduced to life on a farm. The alternative courtyard extensively restored the building complex from 2000 to 2008 with around 350,000 euros and received the monument protection award of the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in 2009. The Alternativhof GmbH then had to file for bankruptcy and a Meiningen real estate company took over the property. The agricultural land was sold to an agricultural company, the dormitory went to the district in 2015. In 2016 the dairy was auctioned to Markus Demme. The estate has been renovated, restored and expanded since October 2016. The buildings were connected to the public sewer and the central water supply. In the servants' house, holiday apartments and apartments for employees who maintain the farm will be built. The stables are being prepared to accommodate animals, goats, pigs, chickens and geese. The forest belonging to the estate was preserved as a hiking trail for the public by means of a user agreement with the city of Meiningen and is signposted. All work was completed in summer 2019.
literature
- Ludwig Bechstein : Landsberg Castle near Meiningen. New edition. (A. Mylius in Sonneberg), Meiningen 1847.
- Armin Ender: The Landsberg near Meiningen. A historical overview with a description of Landsberg Castle. In: South Thuringian Research. Vol. 17, 1982, ISSN 0585-8720 , pp. 51-64.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meininger Tageblatt , edition May 26, 2016, p. 7.
- ↑ Deutsche Grundstücksauktionen AG (DGA), summer auction 2016, catalog (object 36, p. 33). (PDF; 5 MB) Accessed December 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Deutsche Grundstücksauktionen AG (DGA), summer auction 2016, list of results (object 36). (PDF; 106 KB) Accessed December 12, 2018 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 51.4 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 48.5 ″ E