Schlemmin Castle
Schlemmin Castle is a manor house in Schlemmin in the Vorpommern-Rügen district . The building, built in neo-Gothic style, was built in the middle of the 19th century for Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun based on designs by Eduard Knoblauch .
history
As early as 1320, Heinrich von Thun was a councilor for Prince Wizlaw III. pissed off by Rügen on Schlemmin. The von Thun family, who probably immigrated from Lower Saxony, built a castle in Schlemmin in the 14th century, which was rebuilt several times in the following centuries. A wall thickness of 1.8 meters and the presence of a moat and castle dungeon are reported.
In 1838 in inherited Prussian related services Major General Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun contains, among other goods fief Schlemmin. He had his estates allodified and increased his land holdings by buying neighboring lands. As the family's old castle could no longer be used, it was necessary to build a new manor house. Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun commissioned the Berlin architect and building officer Eduard Knoblauch to do this. Schlemmin Castle was built from 1846 to 1850 by craftsmen from the region based on Knoblauch's design and under his direction. In addition to the castle, the farmyard, the farm workers' quarters, the schoolhouse, the church and other buildings in the village were also renovated. In 1853 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Visited Schlemmin and stayed in the castle. After the death of Lieutenant General Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun in 1862, a Fideikommiss was set up for the Schlemmin property .
Bertha Thekla came from the marriage of Emma von Thun with Otto Graf zu Solms-Rödelheim , who married Count Ferdinand zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1892 . Count Günther came from this marriage and married Emma von Platen in 1923. After his death, a community of heirs consisting of his widow and their three children succeeded him.
In the 1930s and 1940s the castle stood empty until a military hospital was set up in 1943 . From 1944, refugees were also quartered here. After the Second World War , 160 resettlers were housed in the castle. During the GDR era, consumer sales outlets and schools were set up there. From 1970 Schlemmin Castle served as the guest house of the LPG von Trinwillershagen .
After the fall of the Wall , Schlemmin Castle was initially owned by the Schlemmin community. After unsuccessful management by a Berlin group of companies, it was managed by TLG from 1992 onwards . In 1999 Schlemmin Castle was bought by a private investor who set up a hotel in the castle after a thorough renovation.
investment
The neo-Gothic plastered building, with four halls and 35 rooms, contains many elements of the castle architecture. These include the battlements on the castle and on the round tower. The projections are stepped gables . The central projection of the main facade has a pointed spire. On the village side, the castle is surrounded by a moat, over which a bridge leads. The substructure of the tower and the surrounding wall on the water side of the raised forecourt consist of smoothed granite blocks .
On both sides of the driveways are two single-storey farm buildings, which, like the castle, were built in the neo-Gothic style. The southern one is inhabited, the northern one a ruin.
The over 20 hectare landscape park was laid out as a baroque park in the 18th century . Even then, the old beech and oak stocks were included in the facility, which was transformed into an English landscape park in the 19th century. Two winter linden avenues , which enclose a wide lawn, lead from the village to a place in front of the moat. Here is a pump with a metal housing decorated in neo-Gothic style. Another linden avenue, about 200 meters long, runs from there to the southern edge of the park. There is a memorial for those who died in the hospital. Trees and bushes of dendrological interest are marked with signs in the park. The park is open to the public.
literature
- Neidhardt Krauss, Egon Fischer: On the way to castles, palaces and parks in Western Pomerania . Hinstorff Verlag Rostock 1991, ISBN 3-356-00391-7
Web links
- Literature about Schlemmin Castle in the state bibliography MV
- Schlemmin Castle ( PDF 241 kB) in the Duncker Collection
- Website from Schlemmin Castle
Coordinates: 54 ° 13 ′ 21 ″ N , 12 ° 40 ′ 45 ″ E