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Gretchenheim Plau am See

Gretchenheim Plau am See
Monument Gretchenheim - Built after the town fire of 1756 - from approx. 1830 administrative, storage and residential building of the adjacent cloth factory - 1905 destruction of the cloth factory by fire, from 1906 the two lower right-hand rooms are used as a private girls' school until 1935 - Named "Gretchenheim" after the headmistress Grete Martens, who ran the building until 1932 - In 1940, the right-hand part of the building is converted for air-raid training purposes - Continued use as a residential building - 2002 - 2003 Renovation for residential purposes by the Maier family

The Gretchenheim Plau am See - the history of an architectural monument on the Baltic Sea

The Gretchenheim in Plau am See is one of the most remarkable architectural monuments in inland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The building was built after the great town fire of 1756 and has shaped the historic townscape of Plau am See ever since. Visitors to the Baltic Sea region will find another piece of living regional history in the Mecklenburg Lake District.

From cloth factory to girls' school - the changing use of the building

From around 1830, the building served as an administrative, storage and residential building for a neighboring cloth factory. After the factory burned down in 1905, the two lower right-hand rooms were used as a private girls' school from 1906 - until 1935. The house owes its name "Gretchenheim" to the headmistress Grete Martens, who ran the school until 1932.

Air protection, residential use and renovation of the Gretchenheim

In 1940, the right-hand section of the building was converted for air-raid training purposes. The house then remained in use as a residential building. In 2002 and 2003, the Maier family extensively renovated the listed building for residential purposes, thus ensuring its preservation for posterity.