Gutshaus Quassel, Manor house in Lübtheen, Germany
Gutshaus Quassel is a two-storey manor house in Lübtheen, built in 1857 as a timber-frame building and given a Gothic Revival facade by Hamburg architect Martin Haller in 1886. The front has 13 bays with pointed arches above the windows, and short side wings on the plainer rear. A lawn rondel stands before the house.
The estate originally belonged to the von Lützow family and passed to other noble families in 1721, including the counts von Eckstedt-Peterswaldt and the von Paepcke family. Its distinctive appearance with prominent towers was completed in the late 1800s.
Elisabeth von Eicken married into the von Paepcke family in 1897 and painted several oil paintings of Gut Quassel, its park and outbuildings from 1895 onward. The family, ennobled in 1839, held the estate until 1901 before moving to their Lütgenhof property.
The surrounding park is open to visitors and offers pathways through landscaped grounds suitable for a walking visit. The lawn area in front of the manor makes a natural focal point for viewing and photography.
From 9 to 21 April 1945, the manor housed the command post of the Luftflotte Reich under Colonel General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, a detail recorded for the building's final wartime weeks. The staff moved in while the front approached, and the estate was expropriated later that same year.
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