Rittergut Völkershausen, Manor estate in Völkershausen, Wanfried, Germany

Rittergut Völkershausen is a two-story half-timbered mansion with decorative facades and outbuildings built from pink sandstone situated along the Werra River. The complex includes a patronage church and historic park with mature trees integrated into the overall estate layout.

The estate's origins trace to the 13th century, though the current structures were rebuilt after destruction in 1630 during the Thirty Years' War. The manor took its present form following this reconstruction period.

The estate church began as a medieval private church and still serves as the village church, standing in line with the manor house. Its square late-Gothic tower of rubble stone was given a slate-clad top housing the clock in 1880, and the organ was built in 1892 by the Euler brothers.

The estate lies at the southeastern edge of Völkershausen, where the Schlierbach stream borders the former grounds to the south before joining the Werra. The manor house and church tower form one connected building group, with the farmyard entered through a gate topped by a broken pediment. The sandstone wall that Otto von Gilsa had built around the landscape park in 1882 still encloses it.

The baroque portal of the estate carries a sandstone coat of arms flanked by two cannons, a reference to the military rank of the builder, General Wolf Dieter Freiherr von Verschuer, who bought the property in 1722. The manor was largely rebuilt in its present form around 1730 under him.