Historical place Griebenow

Projects in Griebenow (Morgenstern office):



- Preparatory studies

- Urban development framework plan (with Büro Blau)

- Garden monument preservation objectives for the castle park

- Supervision of the replanting of the linden avenue

- Investigation of the farm building (with Tangram Planwerkstatt GmbH)

- Castle path (1st construction phase, with Seidlein engineering office)

- Rehabilitation of the water system (with engineering office Seidlein)

- Parking lot 2nd construction phase (with engineering office Seidlein)

- Parking lot at the castle (with Seidlein engineering office)

- Signage (with graphic designer Geert Maciewski)



Historiological background:



Griebenow Castle was built in 1707-09 under Count Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld in the forms of Swedish Baroque Classicism - probably based on a design by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger or his circle. The late Carolinian palace and park complex in Griebenow is currently the most important architectural testimony to the Swedish Great Power era in northern Germany. The estate housing estate and farmsteads were renovated from around 1908. During the reshaping by the settlement from 1930 onwards, almost the entire manor complex was preserved, which is unique in the region.



The architectural heritage in Griebenow is exceptionally dense - not least because efforts to preserve it began decades ago. In 2005, the village center (approx. 140 inhabitants, 34 ha) became a redevelopment area.



Griebenow is characterized by the continuous shaping and further development of baroque design ideas. Settlement, building and open space design have been coordinated under the direction of the nobility for around three centuries since the Swedish period of Western Pomerania.

Under Count Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld, Field Marshal to the Swedish King Charles XII, one of the largest non-royal Swedish castles was built here in 1707-09. The farmsteads and estate housing estate were almost completely renovated between 1908 and 1916 under Count Siegfried v. Keffenbrinck. In Griebenow, almost the entire estate complex was preserved - at least uniquely in the region - during the reshaping of the estate from 1930 onwards. The functional program and design principles of a manor complex have remained legible.



The steam plough house, built to house and maintain the steam plough, is evidence of the advanced mechanization of agriculture. A steam plow set usually included two locomobiles (vehicles similar to locomotives, but not rail-bound), which pulled a multi-share tilting plow back and forth on a steel cable.



The lords of the manor endeavored to keep the hard-working, qualified staff on site with various benefits. Estate dwellings - the depute houses - were built for this purpose. Private livestock farming was facilitated by pigsties in the outbuildings, a communal village cow shed and a depot for fodder. A pensioner's house was built for senior citizens. Even if the housing was modest and the gap to the life of the lord of the manor enormous, the conditions of the independent farmers and the proletariat were often no better.



Estates regularly have specific design features. Castle and park grounds, estate housing estates and farmsteads are spatially separated, but nevertheless have an overarching design. The settlement history of these estates is often reflected in their location next to bodies of water, including the formation of water systems, the presence of ground monuments (or structural relics) and the structuring with original baroque axes.



The development in Griebenow can provide some inspiration for the revitalization of estates: A satisfactory result requires awareness of the cultural-historical significance, the involvement of communal, economic and voluntary stakeholders, and redevelopment as a whole. These factors should make a lasting contribution to the popularity of the area as a place to live and to the establishment of new uses, and give a place in a rural area a perspective.