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Grube Castle is the last completely preserved manor house of the von Quitzow family . The castle is located in the village of Grube , now part of the town of Bad Wilsnack , in the Prignitz district , about two kilometers south of the federal highway 5 .

history

The castle was built between 1740 and 1742 on the remains of a previous building. Remnants of masonry from this previous building are visible in the basement area. During excavations in the area of the terrace, a field stone well from the 13th century was found. Finds of special ceramics ( manganese engobed Rhenish stoneware) suggest the supraregional importance of the aristocratic residence.

The castle is a classic baroque building , despite later renovations . Elements typical of the time, such as the original, strictly symmetrical floor plan structure (with enfilades ) are visible in the northern part of the ground floor. The facade is also structured symmetrically.

The first major renovation phase took place in 1889 under the family of the Gans Edlen Herren zu Putlitz . As part of a Wilhelminian transformation, the roof pitch was changed, the dormers installed and the roof thus made usable. The inner development of the house was changed, central corridors replaced the enfilade development. A beam with two cast-iron columns in the entrance hall takes the structural changes into account. The facade was slightly redesigned. The newly formed central projection maintains the symmetry and the baroque appearance of the castle.

The next major renovations took place in the 1920s when the palace was owned by the Kamlah family. The eastern basement areas were lowered and instead of the vault a cap ceiling was used. A kitchen, storage and utility rooms were set up in the larger basement rooms. The estate office on the ground floor was given up and the salon was enlarged by opening a wall.

The estate was expropriated in 1945 , the historic estate area was relocated in the following years and some of the farm buildings were demolished for material extraction. The village street was led around the castle to develop the new parcels behind the castle.

From 1946, refugee families were housed in the castle. During the GDR era, the palace was used for a variety of purposes. In addition to the school, these were u. a. the mayor's office, the youth club, consumption and the LPG kitchen. During this time there were some structural changes. In the 1960s, the leaky dormer windows were removed. In the northern part of the ground floor, the floor was removed and a tiled floor was laid. The castle achieved monument status in 1977.

In May 2008, the current owners began with a listed building renovation. As part of this first structural repair since it was built in 1740, an extensive static upgrade was necessary. For example, all the beam heads had to be replaced. The roof was re-covered with bricks specially made using the coal-burning process and the dormer windows were rebuilt based on the historical model. The owners were awarded the Brandenburg Monument Preservation Prize 2010 for their commitment and the quality of the work.

The house has been used for cultural events and gastronomy since 2009. In spring 2011 a small hotel was opened in the castle.

Ownership story

The von Quitzow family, who had the castle built, had lived in Grube since 1376. Presumably in 1817 the von Quitzow family left Grube and the village became owners of the estate. The next owner is the Polzin family until 1889 Busso Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz acquires the Grube estate. He sells the Sigrön Vorwerk, which was still part of it at the time, to his brother-in-law Dietrich von Bredow. Busso von Putlitz arranges the reconstruction of the palace in the Wilhelminian style. From 1919 to 1945, Grube Castle was owned by the Kamlah family.

literature

Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger (Ed.): Grube Castle (= castles and gardens of the Mark. H. 136). Friends of the Palaces and Gardens of the Mark in the German Society V., Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-941675-57-5 .

Web links

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

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