Tressow Castle

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Tressow Castle
Tressow Castle (east facade, 2016)

Tressow Castle (east facade, 2016)

Data
place Bobitz
builder Georg Daniel
Client Count First Werner von der Schulenburg
Construction year 1862-1865
Coordinates 53 ° 50 '44.2 "  N , 11 ° 19' 7.5"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 50 '44.2 "  N , 11 ° 19' 7.5"  E

The Tressow Castle is a Grade II listed mansion . It is located on a hill on the Tressower See in the Tressow district of the Bobitz community, approx. 12 km southwest of Wismar .

History and description

Builder and builder

Tressow was originally owned by the von Plessen family and then from 1751 to 1945 by the Count von der Schulenburg .

The architect was the Schwerin court builder Georg Daniel , who later became a Schinkel student . The house was built from 1862 to 1865 together with a stately stables . The builder was Count Werner von der Schulenburg (1829–1911). He was followed by Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg . The Tressower Schulenburgs also owned the Bobitz , Groß Krankow, Petersdorf and Köchelstorf estates in the area .

Exterior view

The eleven-axis castle was built in the Florentine / late classicist style and has a floor area of ​​around 600 m². On the north facade there is a central risalit and a large sandstone open staircase . The opposite, southern facade has a central projectile with a balustrade as the upper end and a terrace in front of it. On the east facade there is an arbor as a carriage way with a terrace with a balustrade above. The west facade was also decorated with an arbor with a balustrade, albeit a smaller one.

Interior

Inside there was modern equipment for the time. In the stairwell there is a cast iron staircase with marble steps. In the main floor there was a gravity central heating , upstairs heating was carried out by ovens, which were fired from the corridor so that the staff did not have in the room. There were also numerous baths with running water from a water reservoir in the roof structure. The water was pumped from the well into the reservoir by hand for the first few years. A dining elevator transported food from the basement , where the kitchen was located, to the dining room above or to the upper floor. Directly in front of the kitchen there is an underground ice cellar and underground rooms, which could be reached from the kitchen via a corridor. In winter, ice from the Tressower See was stored through a trap door in the ice cellar, which lasted until late summer and cooled food. In the basement there was a chapel , which was probably mainly used by the employees. The property also included a large English landscape park and a nursery, both of which are still preserved today. The main design feature was the line of sight from the castle to the lake. In the forest south of the castle is the grave of the von der Schulenburg-Tressow family, where many family members are buried.

Use during the GDR era

The family was initially evicted in summer 1945 and formally expropriated in autumn. First a village school was set up in the house, later a boarding school for children with learning difficulties. In the 1980s the house was locked due to its poor condition and later parts of the furnishings such as marble fireplaces and marble floors were looted.

Todays use

After the fall of the Wall, the municipality first renewed the roof, including the truss, and then sold it to private hands. The house was gradually renovated. Today there are four apartments on the upper floor with the character of a castle, rooms on the first floor can be used for celebrations such as B. Weddings can be rented.

Trivia

Life in the castle was described by Tisa von der Schulenburg (actually: Elisabeth Karoline Mary Margarete Veronika Countess von der Schulenburg ), who grew up in the castle, in her autobiographical books such as B. in the book I dared to describe it.

literature

  • Johannes Zechner: Biographical stations. Catalog booklet for the exhibition 'I cannot be silent!'. Tisa from the Schulenburg in Mecklenburg. Drawings and documents. Plüschow / Mecklenburg 2003.
  • Tisa von der Schulenburg: "I dared it". Sculptor and religious - an unconventional life . Husum Verlag, Husum 2013, ISBN 978-3-89876-647-0 (autobiography).

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