Schloss Vogelsang, Manor house in Vogelsang-Warsin, Germany.
Schloss Vogelsang is a three-story manor house with sixteen axes and four polygonal corner towers that display Tudor Gothic features, including a battlement design along the flat roof. The entire estate encompasses approximately 12,000 square meters of parkland and remains privately owned today.
The manor was built in 1711 atop the foundations of a medieval castle and underwent major reconstruction between 1845 and 1847 under architects Eduard Knoblauch and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Following a fire in 1937, the building received an additional mezzanine floor and functioned as a children's home until 1993.
The burial ground on the grounds serves as the final resting place of the von Enckevort family and demonstrates their long connection to this estate. Visitors can sense the continuity of family heritage embedded in the landscape itself.
Access to the estate is limited since it remains in private hands, and visitors should clarify any viewing possibilities ahead of time. If a visit can be arranged, exploring the parkland and viewing the architecture from outside proves most practical.
The 1937 fire damage led to the addition of a mezzanine floor, adding a hidden historical layer to the building's structure. This alteration allowed the house to later serve an entirely different purpose as a children's home before returning to its private use today.
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