Stolpe Castle

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North side of Stolpe Castle, 2003
Stolpe Castle, after reconstruction of a tower, 2008
Stolpe Castle, 2017

The Stolpe Castle is a mansion on the island of Usedom . It is located east of the city ​​of Usedom , on the southern edge of the village of Stolpe on Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district .

history

Gut Stolpe had been the seat of the Stolper branch of the von Schwerin family since the beginning of the 13th century . The rectangular core of the mansion was built at the end of the 16th century under Otto von Schwerin (1568–1612) as a typical building of the High Renaissance . The building was probably partially destroyed during the Thirty Years War , but the masonry of the two-story Renaissance core structure was largely preserved. A reconstruction and simultaneous reconstruction in the Baroque style took place between 1690 and 1700 under Erdmann von Schwerin (1657–1699). The hilted roof structure, which has been completely preserved to this day, dates from this period .

After it had not been owned by the family for about 140 years, it returned to the von Schwerin family in 1895. By 1905, Count Friedrich von Schwerin (1869–1924) had the manor house completely rebuilt. At this time it got its castle-like character in the style of historicism . The building was extended to the west, got three towers and an arcade with arched windows on the entrance side and a portal in the middle. Inside, the entrance hall has been refurbished, which has a gallery and a curved staircase.

After the Red Army conquered Usedom in 1945, it was looted. The last noble owner, Friedrich's widow Freda Countess von Schwerin, had to leave Stolpe after the land reform in 1945. The circumstances of her burial in Stolpe in 1957 were reviewed in literary terms by Wolfgang Kohlhaase and then made into a film by Heiner Carow in 1992 as the funeral of a countess . In 1949 the middle section was torn down and used as building material for other buildings. During the GDR era , it was first used as an MTS and later as a restaurant and holiday camp. In 1974, the three towers were laid down from the eaves height in order to take away the castle character from the building and to avoid renovation work. Doors and windows were adapted to the use at the time, the facade straightened.

In 1990 the building stood empty and was threatened with decay due to moisture-related structural damage. After the “KULTurBURG Stolpe e. V. ”, in 1996 it came into the possession of the municipality of Stolpe. Renovation work began that same year. In 2001 a support association was founded; The chairman of the board is Gunter Mlynski . Since the same year, students from the Wismar University of Applied Sciences have also been involved in the restoration of the manor house, which is funded by monument protection funds and the European Union . In the first construction phase, the sponge renovation , the renovation of the moisture barriers and the repair or renewal of the ceiling or roof beam works took place. In the second construction phase, the roofing took place in 2002. The third construction phase was the reconstruction of the towers, the production of the historical window openings and the north facade. In the 4th section, the interior work began in 2004. The heating, plumbing and then the interior restoration began. The latter, however, was only possible in stages, because now larger funding measures were no longer within reach. The renovation of the separated west wing began in 2014 and was completed in 2015. In this part of the manor house there are now - as in the Remise - holiday apartments. The opulent coach house in the classical style belonging to the estate was renovated in 2013 and now houses restaurants on the ground floor.

Visits to the main building of the manor house are possible, an extensive exhibition with display boards shows the history of the building and the owner. Cultural events have been taking place in Stolpe Castle since 2004.

  • South side of Stolpe Castle 2006

  • Stolpe Castle Hall - restored

  • Vestibule of Stolpe Castle

  • Exhibitions in Stolpe Castle

See also

Web links

Commons : Schloss Stolpe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c History of the owners. Förderverein Schloss Stolpe, accessed on May 8, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b c d building history. Förderverein Schloss Stolpe, accessed on May 8, 2013 .
  3. ^ Hans Josef Graf von Schwerin: Countess Freda von Schwerin, b. from Kleist. In: Stolpe Castle on Usedom - history and future. (= Usedom-Wolliner Blätter 4th ISSN  1611-3322 ), 2nd edition, Störr, Ostklüne 2010, ISBN 3-937040-03-X , pp. 9-12.
  4. ↑ The story. Remise restaurant at Stolpe Castle on Usedom. Retrieved January 10, 2017 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 4.6 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 29.4 ″  E