Schloss Daschow, Heritage castle in Gallin-Kuppentin, Germany

Schloss Daschow is a manor house built as a Gutshaus, standing on sloping ground above the Daschower See and forming the northern end of the former estate yard. Around 1730 the farmyard beside it held a small horse stable, pigsty and bakehouse, with summer and winter barns, a cattle house and a wagon shed flanking the yard. From 1735 a brickworks and a dairy were added and the house was enlarged.

Daschow was first documented on 3 August 1235 as Darsekow, when Bishop Brunward of Schwerin confirmed the church at Kuppentin's holdings, including the village. In 1730 Berend Ulrich von Pressentin bought the estate; from 1735 he had a brickworks and dairy built and the manor house enlarged. The von Pressentin family held Daschow until 1808, when it passed by marriage to the von Hartwig family.

The village name Daschow, first recorded as Darsekow in 1235, is of Slavic origin and probably derives from the locator Daržik or Darzkow. The Kuppentin church patronage, bought by Lüder von Dessin's widow in 1651 for 500 guilders, remained tied to the Daschow estate, so its owners acted as church patrons.

The property offers 15 country-style rooms with private bathrooms and an on-site café serving regional dishes. When planning a visit, check in advance whether events are scheduled, as they may affect public access to certain areas.

The estate covered 518 hectares of land, forest, meadow and water, mapped with field names in 1756 on the order of the ducal commission. After 1735 Bernd Ulrich von Pressentin had a brickworks built, a dairy established and the manor house enlarged. The manor park once covered 1.4 hectares; after 1945 allotments were laid out on the old kitchen garden and bakehouse site, and larger areas have since been restored as parkland.