Dammsmühle manor, Château in Schönwalde, Wandlitz, Germany.
Dammsmühle is a manor house in the Schönwalde district of Wandlitz, Brandenburg, Germany. The building displays neo-baroque forms with a tower topped by an onion dome, and sits within a roughly 28-hectare park filled with mature trees.
In 1768 leather manufacturer Peter Friedrich Damm built the manor on the site of a 16th-century mill that once belonged to the Lehnin Cistercian monastery. Later in the 19th and 20th centuries the estate changed hands several times and fell into neglect after reunification, until private owners purchased it.
The name traces back to leather manufacturer Peter Friedrich Damm, who transformed an old mill site in the 18th century into a refined estate. Today the manor stands mostly empty and is viewed from outside, while walkers circle the mill pond and enjoy the quiet of the wooded grounds.
The path to the manor leads through woodland, and a parking area lies near the mill pond, so visitors can reach the grounds easily on foot. The interior remains closed to the public most of the time, but the exterior view and surrounding park can be freely explored.
A former owner built a structure shaped like a mosque on an artificial island in the mill pond, which can still be seen today. This oriental fancy gives the park a surprising contrast to the baroque forms of the main building.
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