Alt Plestlin Manor

The Alt Plestlin manor house is located in the eponymous district of the municipality of Bentzin in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, on the southern edge of the Peene Valley.

The Plestlin estate dates back to a knightly possession first mentioned in the 13th century. During the 16th and the first half of the 17th century, it was owned by the noble Suckow family, who also owned Jagetzow. On March 5, 1504, Duke Bogislaw X enfeoffed the brothers Clawes, Ertwann, Thomas, Hermann, Dietrich, and Gerth Suckow with the estates of Plestlin and Gawetzow (Jagetzow). On April 14, 1561, Henning Suckow of Plestlin received the enfeoffment, and on January 27, 1602, Dietrich, Claus, and Thomas Suckow were enfeoffed. The last owner from the Sukow family was Joachim, who died around 1660.

During the Swedish era, the estate came into the possession of the Barons von Keffenbrink (Kevenbrink), who were elevated to the Swedish nobility in 1650. On November 3, 1652, Queen Christina of Sweden granted Andreas Axelsson Keffenbrink, assessor at the court in Greifswald, the expectancy of the feudal estate of Plestlin, which was still in the possession of Joachim Suckow. In the mid-19th century, they had the manor house in Alt Plestlin built. After the extinction of the baronial line in 1910, the property was annexed to the Fideikommiss of the Counts von Keffenbrink of Griebenow. After the death of Siegfried Count von Keffenbrink-Griebenow in 1920, the estate came by inheritance to the Barons von Langen, who called themselves von Langen-Keffenbrinck here. In 1945, the last noble owner, Hans-Wolfgang Baron von Langen-Keffenbrinck, was dispossessed.

After the Second World War, refugees were housed in the manor house. Apartments are still located in the building today.