Wahrstorf Manor

The origins of the Wahrstorf estate date back to the late 18th century, when the existing manor house was also built. Major Joachim Franz Detloff von Bilow was the first known owner from 1796 to 1832. Between 1836 and 1882, the estate was owned by the Meyer family. During this period, day laborer cottages were built in 1843 and 1847, and a brickworks was put into operation in 1869. In 1882, Grand Ducal Building Inspector Friedrich Saniter acquired the estate, which then comprised 350 hectares of arable land and 50 hectares of meadows. Under his management, the economy focused on sugar beet cultivation, with a field railway used for transport to the Warnow. After being sold to Johannes Lüttmann in 1909, a dairy and bakery were established. Following a forced auction in 1929, diplomat Ernst Ludwig Voss bought the estate in 1932 and developed it into a recognized seed farm with a commercial nursery and milk production. In March 1945, the manor house served as accommodation for East Prussian refugees before it was occupied by Soviet soldiers in May 1945 and expropriated without compensation in December 1945 as part of the land reform.