Wesselstorf Estate Park
The visual axis on the south side of the house across the pond to a hill, the so-called Schlossberg, is a design highlight that can still be experienced today or can be experienced again.
The manor house, the remaining farm buildings and significant parts of the park have been privately owned again since 1998. The current owner has invested a great deal of work and commitment in the house and estate park in recent years, so that today the manor house with its charming vacation apartments and the historic park can once again be experienced. The 10-hectare estate park still reveals its former structure and use: in the immediate vicinity of the house, you will find the typical circular driveway and garden areas that were once covered with flowerbeds, borders and ornamental shrubs, as well as the pond (mirror) behind the house. There are two adjoining kitchen gardens with old fruit trees and the foundations of the former greenhouse. In the first half of the 20th century, however, there were also areas that were used for active leisure activities, such as a tennis court. The visual axis on the south side of the house across the pond to a hill, the so-called Schlossberg, is a design highlight that can still be experienced today or can be experienced again. To the west is the actual park, which has a woodland character due to its redesign in the 19th century. In keeping with the fashion of the time, an English landscape park was created by planting numerous trees, in particular oaks, lime trees, beeches, ash trees, larches and some conifers - as a contrast, especially in winter. Of the former formal baroque park with rectangular parterres, terraced beds and star-shaped paths ("Jagdstern"), only one avenue remains today, which leads from the house along the edge of the park to the Polchow river and was replanted with the help of the landscape conservation association "Mecklenburger Agrarkultur" and with funding from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Forestry. The oval pond on the south side of the house also had the shape of a rectangular water basin in the 18th century. A particular attraction of the country park were the moats - unfortunately still silted up at present - which were created using the Polchow and the topography and over which bridges ran, one of which is still preserved today. In addition, the course of the Polchow stream was dammed up with boulders to create the impression of a small waterfall. Also worth mentioning are the exotic trees that came into fashion in the middle/end of the 19th century, mostly imported from North America, such as Douglas fir, hickory, tulip tree (Liriodendron), false cypress and plane trees. Visit the park
Wesselstorf Estate Park in Selpin - English landscape park in Mecklenburg
The Wesselstorf Estate Park in Selpin is one of the most remarkable estates in the hinterland of the Mecklenburg Baltic coast. The 10-hectare park still clearly shows its former structure: The circular driveway, an oval pond on the south side of the manor house and two farm gardens with old fruit trees are among the defining elements of the grounds.
English landscape park with rare tree species
In the 19th century, the once formal baroque park was transformed into an English landscape park. Numerous trees were planted - oak, lime, beech, ash and larch as well as exotic species from North America such as Douglas fir, tulip tree, hickory, false cypress and plane trees as special accents. As a result, the western part of the park now has a forest-like character that invites you to take a stroll all year round.
Visual axis, avenue and historical park traces in Selpin
A design highlight of the park is the visual axis on the south side of the house: the view leads over the pond up to a hill, the so-called Schlossberg. An avenue leading from the manor house along the edge of the park to the Polchow river is still preserved from the former baroque grounds with star-shaped paths. It was replanted with the support of the landscape conservation association "Mecklenburger Agrarkultur" and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Forestry. The manor house with vacation apartments has been privately owned again since 1998, and the current owner has carefully made the house and park accessible again.
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Old steam bakery
● Ribnitz-Damgarten
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