Manor Houses (Herrenhäuser) in the Stormarn District

Hohenholz Manor House

According to the Jersbeck-based local historian and district chairman of the local history association of the Stormarn district Helmuth Peets, he counted about 40 manor houses in the Stormarn district. However, he also included buildings which do not exist any longer, and his local history research trips occasionally take him beyond the limits of the Stormarn district, if suggested by the history of the estate, as, for example, in the case of Gut Borstel in the Segeberg district.

In its series on manor houses, the newspaper Lübecker Nachrichten (LN) limited its report to 24 buildings in the north of Stormarn - between Mönkhagen and Jersbeck, Tralau and Trenthorst. Only 13 of these buildings are "echte Herrenhäuser" (genuine manor houses), which are residential buildings which once were the centre of an estate.

Background information on the distinction between "Schloß" (castle), "Herrenhaus" (manor house) and "Gut" (estate) is only one of the themes the article "Güter in Stormarn" (Estates in Stormarn) focusses on.

Hoisbüttel
Jersbek
Karolinenhof
Krummbek
Mönkhagen
Neverstaven
Nütschau
Reinfeld
Reinbek
Rethwischhof

Rohlfshagen
Ruedt
Schulenburg
Tangstedt
Tralau
Tremsbüttel
Trenthorst
Treuholz
Wulfsdorf
Wulmenau

One or the other "Meierhof", for example Neufresenburg and Neverstaven, were also included, if considered of importance for the overall spectrum. Moreover, some of the manor houses mentioned do not exist any longer, for example the manor houses situated in Lasbek and Wulmenau and the two "genuine" Duke castles Reinfeld and Rethwisch, which were both demolished in the 18th century.

With the article focussing on the north of the Stormarn district, two other widely known magnificent buildings were not mentioned either: Castle Reinbek and the manor house - or as it is called "Castle" - Ahrensburg. These two buildings as well as the Wulfsdorf Estate near Ahrensburg were highlighted in detail last year in the Lübecker Nachrichten series "Museen in Stormarn" (Museums in Stormarn) (here linked to their corresponding internet pages). And the "Herrenhaus in Ruedt" (manor house in Ruedt) is, of course, a complete fabrication by the author of the article.

For the sake of completeness the overview also lists the estates and manor houses Glinde, Grönwohldhof, Heinrichshof, Hoisbüttel, Karolinenhof and Tangstedt for which no further descriptions are given. The locations of the manor houses are marked on the Übersichtskarte (overview map).

Concerning the Manor Houses it is important to remember the following:

At the request of the proprietors of the manor houses, please respect their privacy and do not enter private property without prior permission.

The Manor Houses ordered according to the Year the Estate was built:

(Click on the pictures in this overview to navigate to the detailed internet page.)

	Hoisbüttel Municipality of Ammersbek Aristocracy estate Built at the end of the 14th century Demolished in 2006 More information Top of page
Reinbek City of Reinbek Aristocracy castle Castle built in 1572-76 Today: Property of the City of Reinbek and the Stormarn District More information Top of page
	Nütschau Municipality of Travenbrück Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1577-78 Today: Property of the Monastery of Nütschau More information Top of page
Ahrensburg City of Ahrensburg Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1580-96 Today: property of the Castle Ahrensburg Foundation More information Top of page
	Reinfeld City of Reinfeld Aristocracy castle built in 1599-1604 demolished 1775 More information Top of page
Jersbek Municipality of Jersbek Aristocracy estate, formerly pertinent to Segeberg District Manor house built in 1620 Actually: private property of the von Bethmann Hollweg family More information Top of page
	Tangstedt Municipality of Tangstedt Formerly pertinent to Tremsbüttel Manor house built in 1650 burned out in1947, ruins removed in 1960 More information Top of page
Blumendorf City of Bad Oldesloe Aristocracy estate, formerly pertinent to Altfresenburg Manor house built in 1755 Renovated in 1906 Tower removed in 2006 Actually: private property of Freiherr von Jenisch More information Top of page
	Grönwohldhof Municipality of Grönwohld Manor house built in 1756 Actually: private property of the Brenninkmeyer family More information Top of page
Rethwischhof City of Bad Oldesloe formerly pertinent to Schloss Rethwisch Manor house built in 1780 actually: for sale More information Top of page
	Altfresenburg City of Bad Oldesloe Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1791 Actually: private property of Freiherr von Jenisch, Lodger: Kangaroo furniture import More information Top of page
Krummbek Municipality of Lasbek Aristocracy estate, formerly pertinent to Manor house von Schulenburg Manor house built in 1803 Actually: private property More information Top of page
	Frauenholz Municipality of Rethwisch Formerly property of Marienkirche Lübeck Church Manor house built in 1860 Actually: private property More information Top of page
Karolinenhof City of Glinde Manor house built in 1860 Actually: private property of Mr. Marcel Petersen More information Top of page
	Mönkhagen Municipality of Mönkhagen formerly ducal outlying estate Manor house built in um 1870 Actually: private property of the Schrader family More information Top of page
Glinde City of Glinde Manor house built in1880 Actually: Sönke-Nissen-Park Foundation More information Top of page
	Trenthorst und Wulmenau Municipality of Westerau Aristocracy estate (Lübsches Gut) Manor house built in 1880, rebuilt in 1914 Actually: Institut für ökologischen Landbau (Institute for ecological cultivation, property of the "Bund") More information Top of page
Hohenholz Municipality of Pölitz Aristocracy estate, formerly pertinent to Meierhof von Schulenburg Manor house built in 1888 Actually: private property of the Schroeder family More information Top of page
	Tralau Municipality of Travenbrück Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1894 Actually: private property More information Top of page
Tremsbüttel Municipality of Tremsbüttel Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1895 Actually: Hotel and conference venue More information Top of page
	Treuholz Municipality of Rethwisch Emphyteutic farm, formerly pertinent to Meierhof von Rethwisch, afterwards ducal outlying estate Manor house built in 1904 Actually: private property of the Hagen family More information Top of page
Höltenklinken Municipality of Rümpel Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1906 Actually: private property of the Knapp family More information Top of page
	Rohlfshagen Municipality of Rümpel Aristocracy estate, formerly ducal outlying estate Manor house built in 1907 Actually: private property the Dreckmann family More information Top of page
Grabau Municipality of Grabau Aristocracy estate, formerly pertinent to Meierhof von Borstel (Segeberg District) Manor house built in 1908 Actually: private property Mr. Al-Talkani More information Top of page
	Wulfsdorf City of Ahrensburg formerly farm house of the Aristocracy House of Ahrensburg built in 1906/1910 Actually: property of the Senate of Hamburg, Tenant: Mr. Georg Lutz (Demeterhof) More information Top of page
Heinrichshof Municipality of Witzhave/Rausdorf Manor house built in 1910 Actually: private property Mr. Günther Lessau Top of page
	Schulenburg Municipality of Pölitz Aristocracy estate Manor house built in 1912 Actually: Residential home More information Top of page
Neverstaven Municipality of Travenbrück Meierhof von Tralau Manor house built in 1922 Actually: private property of Frau von Watzdorf-von Behm More information Top of page
	Ruedt Municipality of Ruedt Manor house in Ruedt Manor house, built in: date unknown Actually: private property Ruedt´sche Eigentümerinnengemeinschaft (Ruedt Community association) More information Top of page