Gut Valenbrook, Manor estate in Fickmühlen, Geestland, Germany

Gut Valenbrook is a two-storey neoclassical manor house built in 1905 as a rendered building on the northern edge of a slope. Its five-axis central risalit carries belvederes on both sides, and the south facade entrance is framed by half-columns with Corinthian capitals and a triangular pediment. A small two-storey wing with a columned veranda adjoins to the east, while a cross-standing predecessor building with a stepped gable runs south to north.

The property originally belonged to Burg Elm as a knight's manor before passing to the von der Lieth family. Following Gustav von der Lieth's death in 1774, Georg von Hannover inherited the estate.

The name Valenbrook comes from a medieval deserted settlement, chosen by Lambert Leisewitz in 1901 when he renamed the former knight's estate Fickmühlen. The Leisewitz family still owns the estate, which runs a farm with French Salers cattle and rents former pigsties as apartments.

The manor house sits on an exposed slope; the landscaped garden with old trees falls away to the southeast, and a viewing platform on the slope southeast of the house opens the view over the meadows to the Fickmühlener Randkanal. The Valenbrooker See lies to the south. The estate is still a working farm with Salers cattle, so farm areas are not open to stroll through.

On the grounds operates a small kitchen producing specialty foods such as chocolate, chutneys, dressings, and mustard during weekdays. This production connects traditional craft methods with the site's agricultural past.