Klein Kienitz Manor

From 1558 to 1581, the Mittelstraß family in Berlin owned the village, which they had purchased from the von Liepe and von Thümen families. They exercised the higher and lower courts, were patrons of the church, and were entitled to the services of the peasants. They also received taxes from six farms, including those from the village inn, the miller, the Kossäten, and the shepherd. They also had a noble seat with four tax-exempt hides. In 1581, Dr. Johann Köppen bought the Mittelstaß property.

Another share of the property had passed from the von Thümen and Milow families to the von Bettin (also von Boytin) family by 1537. In 1567, this consisted of seven tax-exempt hides and free grazing on the large meadow near Diedersdorf. From 1648 to 1683, this part was owned by the von Schlabrendorf family of Löwenbruch and then passed into the possession of the von der Gröben family of Löwenbruch, in whose possession it remained until the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1801, Klein Kienitz had 17 peasant hides and 13 knightly hides. In 1819, Max August von Köppen, a son of the aforementioned Dr. Johann Köppen, died. His widow, a von Bredow, married a Lieutenant Colonel von dem Knesebeck. In 1752, Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien married Charlotte, the daughter of v.d. Knesebeck, and thus the village and manor came into the possession of the v. Tauentzien family. The current manor house was built by him after 1752. In 1821, the village and estate were sold to the bailiff Johann Friedrich Julius Dierecke.

Around 1850, Gustav Steffeck bought the village and estate. Later, a family Eyssenhardt is also recorded as owners. In 1905, the Wrede heirs came into possession of the village and estate of Klein Kienitz. In 1928, the manor district of Klein Kienitz was merged with the municipality.

In 1945, Carl Wrede was dispossessed and expelled by the communists. In the course of the so-called land reform, 333 hectares were handed over to new farmers. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, Dipl. Ing. Christoph Wrede, a descendant of the last estate owner Carl Wrede, acquired the Klein Kienitz manor house and former estate lands through repurchase.