Guthmannshausen Manor

The name of the place goes back to the Germanic god Wotan. At the beginning of the 8th century, Guthmannshausen is first mentioned in a document as Wodaneshusun. This mention can be found in the Breviarium Sancti Lulli, a directory of the free estates granted by Archbishop Lullus of Mainz († 786) to Hersfeld Abbey. In 1256, an Albert von Gutenhusen owned property in the village; the family can be traced here until the 17th century. In 1572, Guthmannshausen became part of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was heavily plundered in 1637, and in 1680 it was struck by the plague, with 210 deaths.

The manor house was built around 1700 by the Lords von Ende. Later, ownership changed to the Lords von Knobloch. In 1912, the manor house was modernized by the Kassel entrepreneur Cönnich. Inside, there is a representative, 15-meter-high hall with columns and a dome. In 1945, the estate and manor house were expropriated without compensation, and in 1947, an agricultural state school was established. Until 2009, the manor house with its added outbuildings was used for educational seminars by the Thuringian Agricultural Administration.