Rogäsen Manor

Rogäsen was owned by the von Werder family for over 500 years. The manor of the von Werder family was first mentioned in 1421. There was already a post station with a change of horses on the estate. It is documented that Frederick the Great, upon his return from a troop inspection of the Magdeburg garrison, had to make a stop in Rogäsen because a wheel of his carriage had broken. Frederick stayed on the von Werder estate until the repair was completed. Afterwards, the then district administrator Hans Dietrich von Werder received the order from the king to carry out the melioration (drainage) of the marsh. In addition, the wooden dam leading through the marsh was paved.

This successful transformation prompted the king to appoint von Werder as a Privy Financial Councillor in Berlin. To be able to stay appropriately, the king supported the construction of a new manor house. The von Werder family owned the castle with fields and forests until 1848. Then, due to the insolvency of the von Werder family, the castle with all its land was auctioned off. The then district administrator Gustav Graf von Wartensleben became the new owner of the castle and its land.

The manor house or castle was built in 1780. It has a simply structured facade with a balcony and a coat of arms relief above the main entrance. The castle is surrounded by a park of approximately 25,000 square meters. Until 1945, the castle and its associated land were the property of the von Wartensleben family. Even before the Red Army reached Rogäsen, the Countess von Wartensleben had fled to relatives in West Germany. By decision of the Soviet occupation forces, the count's family property in Rogäsen was expropriated without compensation after the Second World War as part of the land reform.

After 1945, a Russian commandant's office was first housed in the castle, before refugee families from the former eastern territories were quartered there. From 1957, the rooms were used for school lessons, then also as a kindergarten. From 1993, the municipality sought interested buyers for the castle to prevent further decay. In 1997, the castle and part of the park were sold to Berlin businessmen who promised to create jobs in the community and preserve the castle. However, these commitments were not fulfilled, and in 2000, the castle was sold to the König family. Mrs. König is the granddaughter of Countess von Wartensleben, a daughter of the last owner of the castle.