Gut Kaltenhof, Manor house in Dänischenhagen, Germany.
Gut Kaltenhof is a manor house in Dänischenhagen with 16 rooms, three bathrooms, and central heating, built following classical design with central and corner projections. The building sits on an estate with forests and moorland areas that stretch between the Mühlenau river and Ochsenkoppel forest.
Kaltenhof and neighbouring Dänisch-Nienhof were held together until 1756; the first recorded owner was Henneke van der Wüsche around 1486. The line of Claus von der Wisch died out with him in 1621, and the estate passed through the Sehestedt and Blome families. In 1669 Benedikt Blome endowed a school at Fresenhagen. From 1780 a branch of the Reventlow family owned Kaltenhof, and Georg Karl Ernst von Reventlow built the present manor house in 1867.
The name Kaltenhof appeared as Koldehof in a 1632 church register, which recorded nine farms, a Wurthsitzer and several cottagers sending their Felm children to Gettorf church. In 1669 Benedikt Blome founded a school in Fresenhagen near Kaltenhof, roughly today's Schönwinkel, and an almshouse at Dänisch-Nienhof. The Meierei, run by Otto Mumm and then his son Uwe, stayed in operation until 2007.
The manor is located at Gettorfer Landstraße 30 and is privately owned, so visits require advance arrangement. The surrounding estate with its forests and moorland can be accessed by car and offers walking opportunities through the natural areas.
Beyond the manor building itself, the estate included several natural areas such as Stodthagen forest, Mückenbrook, and Kaltenhofer Moor. These landscapes remain part of the property today and offer a view of the original surroundings that made such estates self-sufficient.
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