Hasenwinkel Castle

Schloss Hasenwinkel is the name of a former manor house in the district of Hasenwinkel in the municipality of Bibow in the Nordwestmecklenburg district. Completed in 1912, the building with its associated park now serves as a hotel for weddings, conferences, and a training center after restoration. The estate complex with manor house, outbuildings, and park is a listed building.

Manor House

The building is a Neo-Baroque plastered structure with a mansard roof. It was built until 1912 according to plans by Paul Korff. The brick exterior walls were only plastered in 1927/29; reinforced concrete was used internally. Due to the rising terrain, the main facade has two stories, and the rear has three. Both facades have central risalits, with the one at the entrance designed as a balcony with a drive-through option. The original room layout has been preserved, and parts of the original furnishings are still visible today. On the main floor, there is a large hall characteristic of Korff.

Park

The grounds around the manor house were designed in the Neo-Baroque style according to plans by R. Habich. On the south side of the property towards the village street, there is a fence with relief figures and two gates, as well as avenues as access to the building. At the rear (south side) of the main house, there is a lawn parterre with a fountain. On the east and west sides, the terraces, planted with hedges and other vegetation, are bordered by balustrades. On the north side, a grand staircase extending far into the park leads to the main entrance.

Outbuildings

The three outbuildings include a guesthouse with 32 rooms and a bowling alley, built in 1993. The coach house is another building, partly used as a training facility and partly housing apartments for caretakers and apprentices. The third building, the stable, is mainly used as a restaurant for seminars and celebrations of all kinds. Furthermore, the stable houses four apartments and office spaces.

The manor house was built between 1908 and 1912 for the German-Russian diplomat Schmitz and acquired in 1927 by the Girardet family, who operated a printing company in Essen. Even when the house passed into the possession of Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke after purchase in 1942, the Girardet family retained the right of residence. In view of the advancing Russian army, the family fled in April 1945. Subsequently, in May 1945, the manor house served as the seat of the Soviet military staff and a refugee camp. After renovation in 1948, the State Administration School moved in, followed by the Technical College for Political Science in 1952, and from 1970 to January 1990, the Academy for Socialist Economic Management.

After the reunification, the former manor house became a training and further education center and a model institution of the Federal Employment Agency. Since the beginning of 1991, the Association of Business Associations for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V. operated a further education center. From September 1993 to 1996, the main building was extensively reconstructed and renovated. The owner, the Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry e. V. (Nordmetall), had a guesthouse built during this time. Since April 1996, the complex has presented itself as a castle hotel.