Gut Hasselburg: Torhaus, Cultural estate in Altenkrempe, Germany.
The Torhaus of Gut Hasselburg in Altenkrempe is a long single-storey brick building with a steep red-tiled roof, built in 1763 to designs by Georg Greggenhofer. Its projecting central section has a white-trimmed arched passage, a clock face above it and a small cupola with a green dome and spire. Rows of windows and red and dark doors flank the centre, with arched openings near the ends.
A wooden motte ringed by a moat stood here around 1200; the water castle Haselborghia is documented in 1454 under Detlev von Bockwald. The counts von Dernath held the estate in four generations from 1666 to 1816, and under Gerhard von Dernath the present manor house, gatehouse and outbuildings were built. The Stahlberg Foundation bought the estate in 2010.
The former barn, measuring 72 by 24 metres, was built in 1761 to designs by Georg Greggenhofer and thoroughly renovated between 1980 and 1983. Today it serves as a cultural venue, hosting large concerts including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival each year. The gatehouse of 1763, also by Greggenhofer, served as the model for the gatehouse at Gut Testorf.
The manor house can only be visited in connection with one of the occasional concerts held there. The economic yard and the surrounding buildings, including the 1763 gatehouse, are open to the public. The site lies in Altenkrempe near Neustadt in Holstein, on the Neustädter Bucht.
The 1763 gatehouse, designed by Georg Greggenhofer, is one of the largest in Schleswig-Holstein and served as the model for the gatehouse at Gut Testorf. A long tree-lined avenue leads to it from the east, framing the approach to the estate.
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