ManorDöbbelin

Döbbelin Manor

Döbbelin Manor

To be privately owned

Döbbelin Manor House, also known as Döbbelin Castle, is a manor house in the village of Döbbelin, which belongs to the city of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt.

Architecture and History+

The building was constructed in 1736 in the Baroque style by converting a previous building. The foundations and cellars of the older building were used for the new construction. The builder was Hans-Christoph von Bismarck, who had inherited the estate in 1730. The manor house presents itself as a single-story, plastered building with a high basement floor. The house is covered by a mansard hip roof. Both on the courtyard side and towards the garden, there is a three-axis central risalit. A two-flight open staircase leads to the entrance. On a curved field in the gable, alliance coats of arms of the von Bismarck and von Jagow families can be seen. The property also includes two outbuildings and a dovecote.

In 1921, Gertrud von Nordeck, née von Bismarck, took over the estate. She lived here until her death in 1963. The building was then managed by the municipality. The manor house housed apartments, a consumer cooperative, post office, doctor's office, library, and kindergarten. In 1968, the manor house was restored, and between 1980 and 1985, the dovecote was restored. From 1991, the von Bismarck family again used the property. A renovation took place in 1999.

In the house's garden, Justus Frantz conducted the Philharmonie der Nationen. Giora Feidman played the clarinet.

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