To be privately owned
Bergen Manor

The Komturei Bergen is a manor house in the village of Bergen, which belongs to the town of Wanzleben-Börde.
The estate in the already existing village of Bergen came into the possession of the Teutonic Order in 1272, according to other sources 1285, which established a Komturei here. From 1570, Hans von Lossow lived here as Komtur. During the Thirty Years' War, the estate was temporarily Swedish, but then returned to the possession of the Order. The Order remained the owner until 1806. After changing owners, the estate belonged to the sugar manufacturers Rabbethge from around 1900. In 1945, the owners were expropriated by the communists. Even today, the manor house is in private ownership.
Architecture+
The large manor house is surrounded by a wall. Access from the village is through a portal presumably built in the 18th century. The oldest preserved part of the estate is the late Romanesque/early Gothic Bergen Manor Chapel.
Immediately east of the chapel is a two-story, basement building. The upper floor is built in half-timbered construction. The house was built by Hans von Lochow as the Komtur's residence. The tower built on the east side of the house is striking. This was originally a bay window, which was raised by two half-timbered floors and crowned with a small lantern. An inscription refers to the year 1586.
West of the chapel is a two-story, two-wing residential building from the 18th century in the Baroque style. Above a door of the southern wing is a panel dated to the year 1579. It shows the coat of arms of Hans von Lossow held by angels. The panel probably comes from a previous building.
The very spacious courtyard was originally surrounded by various farm buildings. The buildings, such as barns and stables on the south side, whose core dates from around 1600, had been repeatedly rebuilt and ultimately demolished in the last decades of the 20th century. On the north side, farm buildings from the 19th century have been preserved. In this area, the mighty dovecote built in 1843 dominates.
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