Krampfer Palace, 18th-century palace in Plattenburg, Germany
Krampfer Palace is an 18th-century mansion set in the Prignitz landscape of Brandenburg and surrounded by a farm complex with brick buildings. The main structure displays the classical architecture of its era with balanced facades and window arrangements, while formal garden areas and a large pond extend behind it.
The manor was acquired near the end of the 18th century by Hans-Georg Gottlob von Möllendorf, who extensively transformed the building between 1792 and 1809. After World War II it underwent several different uses until the property was abandoned about 30 years ago.
The village name appears in records in many spellings, from Cramuir and Cramber to tu Kramvyr and van Kraenvoerde, before settling as Krampfer. The Möllendorf family held the village from 1413 until 1945, and their remodelling of 1809 and 1909 shaped the building seen today. After 1946 half the palace housed a school and the other half flats.
Krampfer Palace stands in the village of Krampfer, part of the municipality of Plattenburg near Perleberg in the Prignitz district. The building is abandoned and dilapidated, and local authorities declared it uninhabitable in 2009, so the interior cannot be visited. The rear courtyard, front garden and the park with its pond, laid out in 1880 and enlarged in 1910, can be seen from the village street.
In 2009 a group of right-wing and libertarian activists occupied the disused palace to found a micronation called the Principality of Germania; building authorities declared it uninhabitable and evicted them in May 2009. The estate was later auctioned on eBay by a Havelberg company.
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