Teupitz Castle
The Teupitz Castle was in Teupitz , a town in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg . It was built in the 14th century and was inhabited by the Schenk von Landsberg family until the 18th century .
location
The castle was located on a peninsula in Lake Teupitz , which is northwest of the city center. The island is accessed from Kirchstrasse . The exposed position of the peninsula allows a view from the Schweriner Horst in the northeast to the Egsdorfer Horst in the west of the lake.
history
In 1307 a Tupcz castle was first mentioned on the peninsula , which was completed in 1330 and served as the seat of the Brandenburg noble family von Plötzke . It could possibly have been built on a previous Slavic building. In 1330, the Landsberg taverns moved from their previous sphere of activity in Landsberg ( Saxony-Anhalt ) to Teupitz, which they held until 1717. In 1668 an inventory was drawn up when the palace briefly came into the possession of the von Solms-Baruth family until 1679 . In 1685 the von Landsbergs' financial situation was critical again. They again considered selling the castle and had an inspection report drawn up by the elector. Weakened by the Thirty Years War , Ludwig-Alexander Schenk von Landsberg finally sold the castle and the surrounding villages to Friedrich Wilhelm I on December 18, 1717 for 54,000 thalers . The Prussian state then prepared the building for a royal bailiff and used it until 1812. One of these servants was the Oberamtmann Ludwig Bein , who is commemorated by a stele that is located on the Heilig-Geist-Kirche - and thus south of the castle on Kirchstrasse. The castle was supplied by the surrounding lands: For example, wine was grown in neighboring Egsdorf . At that time the lock must have been in poor condition. From 1788 to 1791 it was almost completely demolished due to its dilapidation: the lowest floor was preserved and the bailiff moved into a single-storey manor house on the site. In the 21st century only part of the old castle wall and the watchtower on the town side have been preserved.
The Prussian royal house was not interested in a restoration, as two splendid buildings, Köpenick Palace and Königs Wusterhausen Palace, already existed. After the bailiff moved out, the owners changed until a Baron von Parpart bought the property in 1860 . He revived viticulture and introduced fish farming on Lake Teupitz. After his death in 1910, the owners changed again; In 1927 manors were dissolved. The Berlin coal merchant Paul Hamburger bought the castle and opened the Hotel Schloß am Teupitzsee on June 15, 1930 . A short time later, on October 11, 1930, the Berlin brewer Georg Ziebarth became the new owner. He was close to the NSDAP and held several party meetings at the headquarters; however, had to file for bankruptcy in 1934 . The building was then acquired by Gerhart Drabsch's parents , who left it to their son and daughter-in-law. They used it from 1937 to 1945 as a National Socialist production facility for handicraft products , but also for the manufacture of blouses, clothes and tablecloths.
After the end of the Second World War , the Drabs were expropriated and the castle became public property . After initially serving resettlers , it was rebuilt from 1949 under the direction of the local SED district officials with the help of the architect Willi Hermann from Rangsdorf . Enhanced, it served as a public cultural center, conference venue, children's holiday camp and holiday home for a Berlin company. Since 1956 the Central Committee of the SED used the house as a company holiday home with initially 20 rooms. From 1984 to 1986 it was modernized and expanded to 60 rooms. After the fall of the Wall , the property was transferred from the PDS to the Belvedere hotel chain . The Treuhandanstalt sold it to a private investor who opened a hotel. The new owners had to cease operations on June 27, 2005 after a foreclosure auction . Since then it has been privately owned and not open to the public.
architecture
The structure had a rectangular floor plan with a length of about 29 meters and a width of about 21 meters. It was three stories high and had two gables . In a chronicle of the city, a historian refers to parallels with Königs Wusterhausen Castle. However, the Teupitz Castle is said to have been significantly higher and to have had a square bay window on its front in which the tower ascent was located. On the first floor there was a hall, a courtyard room and a chapel . The kitchen with a dining room and further chambers were located on the middle floor; above that were the living rooms and a hall for Landsberg's taverns. Some of the bricks on this floor are dated 1554. This suggests that the upper floor - possibly after a fire - was repaired or even rebuilt.
The property was enclosed by a high wall, which consisted of field stones in the lower area and was topped up with stones. There was a gate with a watchtower facing the city. On the opposite side were the stables for the horses and a brewing and baking house. An outbuilding with a house, barn and cattle sheds was in front of the ensemble next to the Holy Spirit Church.
literature
- Stadt Teupitz (Ed.): History of Castle and Town of Teupitz by Franz Hoffmann , reprint of the Teupitz town chronicle from 1902, Teupitz 2014
- BiKuT (ed.): Teupitz am See - a treasure in the Mark Brandenburg. Historical city guide , Weißensee-Verlag, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-89998-090-5 , p. 230
- BiKuT (Ed.): Teupitzer Miniatures - Thirty Stories from the 700-year-old Schenkenstadt , Weißensee-Verlag, 1st edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-89998-160-5 , p. 188
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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 21.5 ″ N , 13 ° 36 ′ 23.5 ″ E