Gutshaus Neuhof, Manor house in Neuhof, Zossen, Germany
Gutshaus Neuhof is a manor house in Zossen with a rectangular main form, a basement level, and side projections with a central projection facing the garden. The structure displays traditional features of a rural estate building from this period.
The manor house was built in 1757 after twelve families from Klein Ziescht had cleared and cultivated the Wolziger Luchs. A conversion followed around 1890/1900. In the 1930s a canning factory that processed meat from Berlin moved its administration into the house and turned the farm buildings into factory halls and storerooms. After 1945 production continued as Werk Neuhof of VEB Havelland Obst- und Gemüseverarbeitung Beelitz until the plant closed at the end of April 1990.
The estate's name, Neuhof, means "new farm", recalling the 1757 settlement of the Wolziger Luchs by twelve families from Klein Ziescht. From the 1930s the manor served a canning factory that processed meat from Berlin, and after 1945 the VEB Havelland Obst- und Gemüseverarbeitung Beelitz ran a fruit, vegetable and fish preserve works here until April 1990.
The manor house stands west of the road Zum Wolziger See and east of Bundesstraße 96, which runs south through Neuhof; the turn-off to Zum Wolziger See branches east near the Wolziger See. The building was empty in 2020, so visitors should view it from the street rather than expect entry.
The manor's original curved cornices and arched window hoods are gone, lost in later conversions; Hiltrud and Carsten Preuß note that the architect's design was blurred by the works. The holiday-home estate built around it after 1993 left what they call a disparate picture of the area.
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