Propstei Salzwedel

The building complex consists of the houses with house numbers 3, 3a and 3b on An der Marienkirche street. The area, which was densely built up in the Middle Ages, once housed the Old Town Latin School. Originally, the house of the Archdeacon of Salzwedel from 1474 stood at this location. Levin I. von der Schulenburg was the last provost before the Reformation. His son Albrecht IV. von der Schulenburg built the main building in 1578. The building with house number 3 is a three-story half-timbered Renaissance building with a projecting stair tower on the eastern side. The provostry was built on the remains of an old castle complex. These remains belong to the archaeological monuments of Salzwedel. North of the provostry is the Marienkirche of Salzwedel.

The main building was built from 1577 to 1578 for the Electorate of Brandenburg councilor and captain of the Altmark Albrecht IV. von der Schulenburg (1535–1583). The building with the estate of the same name then remained in the possession of the von der Schulenburg family for many years. In the 18th century, the portal, which is still preserved today, was erected on the stair tower. Until well into the 19th century, the spelling was still Propstey. At that time, the member of the Prussian House of Lords and Knight of the Order of St. John, retired district administrator Otto Ludwig Ferdinand von der Schulenburg, was the landowner. He was followed by the district administrator and master of the kitchen, Major Werner von der Schulenburg. In 1922, the Salzwedel Provostry estate comprised 355 ha. The last estate owner was Hans-Joachim von der Schulenburg (1880–1924); his wife Mathilde von Neumann (1887–1949) was also the owner of an estate, the Gerbstedt family fideicommiss. Their son Job Werner von der Schulenburg (1909–1998) in turn took over the Apenburger Hof estate in Beetzendorf. Since 1932, the provostry building has been used as the seat of the Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum.