Adlershof manor
The Adlershof manor is a former manor in the Vogtland Unterlauterbach , part of the Oberlauterbach district of the town of Falkenstein in the Saxon Vogtlandkreis .
history
The manor in Unterlauterbach was first mentioned as a knight's seat in 1445. The original owners were the brothers Hans, Georg and Heinrich von Machwitz . Later in 1537 the manor passed into the possession of Eberhard von Feilitzsch on Treuen and was owned by these families for a long time. In 1724 it was bought by the brothers Major Friedrich von Obernitz and Lieutenant Colonel Karl-Heinrich von Obernitz, in 1744 the manor was run down and " subhasta " was forcibly sold. According to the family history, Georg Adler and his cousin Wolf Adam Adler acquired the manor on March 24, 1744. It is possible that they were initially tenants until the purchase agreement was officially executed. With this acquisition and the purchase of further manors, the more than 200-year-old successful family history of the Adlers in Vogtland began. The eagles belonged to exiles who were expelled from Habsburg lands in the course of the religious conflicts after the Reformation and who immigrated to the Protestant Vogtland via the Upper Palatinate and the Egerland at the beginning of the 17th century. The families spread from the south over the entire Vogtland. Among them were lawyers, pastors and farmers. The manor owners each belonged to the patron saints of the St. Bartholomäuskirche Treuen . Christian Gottfried Adler was appointed to the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament in 1787.
Carl Ferdinand Adler, the last owner of the entire Unterlauterbach manor (today's Oberlauterbach district) until it was expropriated in 1945, coined the current nickname of the Adlershof manor.
This tradition ended suddenly with the Russian occupation. Following the example of the Soviet Union, the entire property over 100 hectares in the Soviet occupation zone was expropriated without compensation in 1945. To carry out this land reform, a land reform commission was founded on April 1, 1946 in Unterlauterbach. The task was to divide up the expropriated manor property including forest of a total of 292 hectares. 6 new farmer positions each with 10 hectares of agricultural area and 2 hectares of forest were created. For this purpose, the farm yard was divided up for 4 new farmer positions according to the intended use. Thus, Carl Ferdinand Adler's property was divided up and expropriated without compensation in a letter from the district administrator dated October 1, 1945.
The changes brought about by the land reform were followed by the effects of the collectivization of agriculture. The result was the spontaneous dismemberment of the manor and, due to lack and lack of interest, the buildings went into disrepair, and finally the partial demolition. In 1989 only parts of privately managed buildings and the manor house remained of the manor, the rest had collapsed and / or was demolished, and in the middle of the former courtyard were sheds and barns from the time of the new farmers.
In the course of the renovation and reconstruction of the manor complex, private and public investors settled at the Adlershof manor. Today several owners live on the property in both private and communal use. The initiative around the Nature and Environment Center Vogtland eV (NUZ Vogtland), which is housed in the manor house, has played a large part in today's life at the manor.
The estate over the years
manor complex until the devastating fire in 1885 The farmyard was designed in a trapezoidal shape and formed a four-sided courtyard with the manor house. The road connection went through the courtyard through a northern entrance gate with turrets and a southern exit gate until the 17th century. There was only a narrow path outside the property directly on the west side.
The two-storey rectangular courtyard with farm, stable and barn buildings in solid construction - with granite walls at the openings - was built almost a third larger. At the same time, the estate park was expanded in its current form in the style of an English landscape park.
The dismemberment of the manor and, due to lack and lack of interest, the neglect of the buildings, the decline and finally the partial demolition. In 1989 only parts of privately managed buildings and the manor house remained of the manor, the rest had collapsed and / or was demolished, and in the middle of the former courtyard were sheds and barns from the time of the new farmers.
Here is the largely implemented design of the manor with the closure of the eastern gap. Only the reconstruction of the eastern part of the large barn has not yet been implemented.
literature
- Gotthard Schneider, Bärbel Gröger: Messages from the Association for Vogtland History, Folklore and Regional Studies, 16th annual 2010; The Adlershof manor in Unterlauterbach . Pp. 62-78
- Wolfgang Seffner: The manors of the Vogtland, their fate in the 20th century. Vogtland-Verlag, Plauen (2002)
- GA Poenicke: " Album of the castles and manors in the Kingdom of Saxony. " Section V: Voigtland District. Leipzig undated (1856)
swell
- Details / information from Beck, Wolfgang (Olbernhau); Braun, Peter (Schreiersgrün); Delling, Klaus (Ellefeld); Raimund Konrad (Oberlauterbach).
- Edith Bayerlein: Notes on the family chronicle of the Adler family
- Walter Kropf: related chronicle of the village Unterlauterbach
- Saxon State Archives Chemnitz, files on Unterlauterbach
Web links
- Internet presence of the Rittergut Adlershof
- The Adlershof manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
- Chronicle of the Manor Adlershof on www.nuz-vogtland.de
Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 2.8 ″ N , 12 ° 18 ′ 30.5 ″ E