Groß Leuthen Castle

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The castle around 1860, still without a residential tower (color lithograph)
The castle seen from the Groß Leuthener See

The Schloss Gross Leuthen is a moated castle in the Spreewald (southeastern Brandenburg). It is located in Groß Leuthen on the shore of the Groß Leuthener See, 15 kilometers northeast of Lübben . In its oldest parts it dates from the Middle Ages. The majority of the building fabric consists of a Renaissance building with a stair tower and a residential tower from 1913 built in the historicism style by Bodo Ebhardt .

history

In 1368 Leuthen was first mentioned with "Tammo von deme Luthen". At that time it still belonged to the Burgraviate of Lübben. In the course of the Middle Ages a separate domain developed, to which the villages of Groß Leuthen , Bückchen , Dollgen , Guhlen , Klein Leine , Klein Leuthen and Ressen belonged in the 16th century .

After several changes of ownership, Wilhelm Schenk von Landsberg acquired Groß Leuthen in 1517 . His descendants, Carl Albrecht Schenk von Landsberg and his brother Ludwig Alexander auf Teupitz, died childless in 1721.

In 1779 Countess Podewils , daughter of Heinrich Graf von Podewils , owned the castle. She was married four times, first to Legation Councilor Friedrich Wilhelm von Marschall , then to Count Johann August von Haeseler (1724–1763), then to Colonel Emanuel Friedrich von Bredow and finally to Lieutenant General Count Johann Ludwig von Hordt , the round table companion of Frederick the Great and was in command of the Spandau Citadel . Although Groß Leuthen was only operated as a side estate, the Countess came here frequently. After her death, her son from his second marriage, August Ferdinand von Haeseler, inherited the castle and died there in 1838. Later the castle came into the possession of Emil von Gutzmerow , who was among other things chamberlain to the Queen and Empress Augusta .

In 1906, the Berlin chemical manufacturer Johann Abraham von Wülfing , who had become wealthy through milk sugar and milk protein products exported around the world, including the “Albulactin” breast milk substitute, acquired the castle. He came from an old family of merchants and officials from Barmen and hoped for a letter of nobility by purchasing the old manor. In 1908 Wilhelm II. Issued a letter of nobility. An extensive reconstruction of the castle by the architect Bodo Ebhardt from Berlin-Grunewald followed. After the restoration of the old castle, Ebhardt designed a multifaceted extension with a new entrance hall, lounges, landing stairs at the lake, a large terrace and the characteristic six-storey residential tower that dominates the ensemble. In 1927 Johann Abraham von Wülfing died, his son Rudolf inherited the property. From July 1943 to February 1945 the castle served as accommodation for the climate department under Karl Knoch and the library of the Reich Office for Weather Service .

In 1945 Rudolf von Wülfing was expropriated and expelled under the Soviet military administration . In the following years the property was first used as an orphanage and later as a "special children's home", a preliminary stage of the youth work center.

After the fall of the Wall , the Great Military Orphanage Foundation became the owner of the palace, but was unable to carry out the necessary repairs. The facility merged with the Children's and Youth Village Rankenheim - the last children moved out in 2004. From 1999 to 2006 the castle was used for the art exhibition " Rohkunstbau " and privately resold in 2007; it is currently owned by an architect.

  • Owner of Groß Leuthen Castle

  • Wilhelm Schenk von Landsberg (1510–1559)

  • Georg Anton von der Schulenburg (1706–1778), owner 1725–1778

  • August Ferdinand von Haeseler (1761–1838), owner until 1838

  • Christian Wilhelm Griebenow (1784–1865), owner 1841–1855

  • Johann Abraham von Wülfing (1851–1927)

literature

  • Hans Walter: The lordship of Leuthen and its owners. In: Lübbener Kreiskalender 1915. Lübben [1914], pp. 35–49 ( digitized version ( memento of March 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive ))
  • Gregor Geismeier: Groß-Leuthen. Noblesse oblige. In: The Mark Brandenburg. Booklet 21: Palaces without nobility in the Mark Brandenburg. Lucie Großer Verlag, Berlin 1996, pp. 8-12
  • Groß Leuthen - a huge residential tower on the lake. In: Der Märkische Bote - Lausitzer home newspaper. Issue 16, Cottbus, August 2002 ( digitized version ( memento from January 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ))
  • Castles and gardens of the Mark - Gross Leuthen. Ed .: Deutsche Gesellschaft eV, Berlin 2006.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Groß Leuthen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ H.-D. Kirch: The library of the German Weather Service is also 150 years old. In: Promet. Volume 26, No. 1/2, 1997, pp. 69-75, especially pp. 71 and 72 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ What does the future of the castle look like? In: Lausitzer Rundschau , online version from December 1, 2004.

Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 16.7 "  N , 14 ° 2 ′ 40.8"  E