Schenkendorf Castle

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Entrance to the castle grounds

Schenkendorf Palace is a representative villa in the district of Schenkendorf belonging to the city of Mittenwalde , about 15 kilometers south of the city limits of Berlin .

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The castle, based on neoclassicism , consists of an ensemble of twelve other buildings. It was built in 1896 on behalf of Rudolf Mosse and is located in a natural park of around 16 hectares. This is under nature protection and is home to blue, yellow and white spring anemones . The two-story main house with a constructive hipped roof is modeled on the Italian country house style. The outer cladding consists of clinker brick and plaster .

Until 1932, the property served the wealthy Berlin publishers Mosse as a summer residence . After the death of the company's founder, who died at Schenkendorf Castle in 1920, the main building was also used as a meeting place for intellectuals , politicians and scientists ; Georgi Wassiljewitsch Tschitscherin liked to stay here as a guest . Hans Lachmann-Mosse , the heir of the Mosse empire, donated the church bells to the community and was seen as a kind of landlord in Schenkendorf. His son, George L. Mosse , who attended the Schloss Salem school until 1933 , regularly spent his summer holidays at Schenkendorf Castle. A complete grand piano was available to him for his stays.

In 1932, due to the economic collapse of the Mosse Group , Schenkendorf Castle came under the compulsory administration of Cautio Treuhand GmbH until the end of the Second World War . After 1945 the National People's Army used the area. In the course of the reunification , the castle came into the possession of the descendants of George L. Mosse . In 1995 Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco acquired the property. Until 2006 the orangery served as a restaurant and exhibition room. Subsequently, the castle was under compulsory administration and was auctioned by Falstaf Vermögensverwaltung AG for 268,000 euros in 2009 with a fixed market value of 535,000 euros . On April 28, 2014 a fire broke out in the castle, which has since been in a dilapidated and constantly deteriorating state.

The complex is listed and listed in the list of architectural monuments in Mittenwalde . Schenkendorf Palace was the location and backdrop for the Danish-German crime series Der Adler - Die Spur des Verbrechens in 2006 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicolas Berg, Omar Kamil, Susanne Zepp, Markus Kirchhoff: Constellations: about history, experience and knowledge: Festschrift for Dan Diner for his 65th birthday. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. p. 146.
  2. ↑ Michael Brenner: Rich, Jewish and Talented: The Memoirs of George Mosse. Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 13, 2003.
  3. ↑ Nicolas Berg, Omar Kamil, Susanne Zepp, Markus Kirchhoff: Constellations: about history, experience and knowledge: Festschrift for Dan Diner for his 65th birthday. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. p. 146.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Kraus: The Mosse family: German-Jewish bourgeoisie in the 19th and 20th centuries. CH Beck, 1999. pp. 522-524.
  5. ^ Märkische Zeitung: Fire in Dracula Castle. April 28, 2014. http://www.maz-online.de/Home/Polizei/Feuer-im-Schloss-Dracula-in-Schenkendorf .
  6. ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: Dahme-Spreewald district (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum

literature

  • Julius H. Schoeps : The double outsider
  • George L. Mosse : From a big family. Memories of a German-Jewish historian . Afterword by Elisabeth Kraus, Ullstein-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-550-07583-9
  • Irene Diekmann (ed.), Julius H. Schoeps: newspaper publisher R. Mosse, Rittergut Schenkendorf. In: Guide through the Jewish Brandenburg.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 46 ″  N , 13 ° 35 ′ 49 ″  E