Gutshaus Üselitz, Manor house in Poseritz, Germany

Gutshaus Üselitz is a Renaissance-style manor house a few hundred metres north-west of Üselitz, part of Poseritz in southern Rügen. Built from 1580, it carries the Zuhm family coat of arms above its gates and doors. After the roof collapsed in 1970 it stood as a ruin until reconstruction was completed in 2018; it is a listed monument.

Üselitz was first documented in 1311 as Uselitze. In 1562 Duke Ernst Ludwig of Pomerania exchanged it to Erich von Zuhm, who began building the Renaissance manor from 1580, placing the Zuhm coat of arms above its gates and doors. The estate passed through several families before Friedrich von Langen bought it in 1706; his descendants held it until 1939. After 1945 it was expropriated, and in 1970 the roof collapsed, leaving a ruin until restoration began in 2000 and was completed in 2018.

The name Üselitz was first recorded as Uselitze in 1311. The Zuhm coat of arms, placed above the gates and doors when the house was built from 1580, can still be seen on the building. The estate stayed in the von Langen family from 1706 until 1939.

The manor stands a few hundred metres north-west of Üselitz, a district of Poseritz in southern Rügen, and is in private ownership. Since the end of 2017 it has been fully restored and is let out for events; access to the interior is by arrangement with the owner. The surrounding Wiek wetland, created from 2006 as compensation for the new Rügen bridge, is best visited at low water, when waders such as lapwing and golden plover rest there.

The shallow water beside the manor was recreated from 2006 as compensation for the new Rügen bridge, on ground drained since the 1930s. Thousands of ducks — wigeon, mallard and tufted duck — and greylag geese rest here, and a large cormorant colony occupies the south-west part.