Lübrassen Manor

The first documented mention of Gut Lübrassen dates back to May 13, 974, when Emperor Otto II transferred the estate and its lands to the abbess of the church in Schildesche. The lords of the estate later served as secular landlords, to whom the surrounding farmers owed tribute and taxes. In 1335, the Count of Ravensburg sold the estate to the Schildesche Abbey. In 1652, Joachim von Grest, the Gograf of the Sparrenberg office, acquired the estate from the abbess of Herford, granting it the status of a noble estate. The von Grest family donated an organ facade and a new organ to the Peter-und-Pauls-Kirche in Heepen in 1701, where the estate lords had an elevated special seat, the Lübrasser Priechen. After several changes of ownership in the 18th century, the estate came into the possession of the von Ditfurth family in 1790, who had the current Schloss Lübrassen built around 1800. The von Ditfurth family produced two district administrators for the Bielefeld district and owned the estate until 1930. The manor house and stable buildings date from the early 19th century and were connected in 1895 by a gatehouse with a roof turret. A stone bridge over the mill race is also preserved.