Vietgest Castle

Vietgest Castle is a manor house in Vietgest in the district of Rostock. Built in the Baroque style, the building was constructed from 1792 to 1794 according to designs by Johann Friedrich Busch for Johann Friedrich Boldt.

The Vietgest estate had been owned by the Oldenburg family since the 15th century. Johann Friedrich Boldt became the owner of the Vietgest estate and other surrounding estates in 1786. Shortly thereafter, he had his manor house built of bricks.

In 1819, Boldt's heirs sold the estate and house for 246,000 Reichstalers to Cornelius Freiherr von Herzeele († 1830). Two-thirds of the price was estimated for the manor house. The estate inventory was auctioned off from June 16 to 18, 1819. This also included the livestock with 50 horses, 54 oxen, 220 cows, and four bulls. In 1841, Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe, who already owned larger properties in the area, bought the estate. The House of Schaumburg-Lippe, whose land in Mecklenburg totaled 6668 hectares, held the property until its expropriation in 1945.

After the Second World War, the house was used as a holiday home for the CDU. Between 1985 and 1990, initial restoration work was carried out. Today, the manor house is used as a hotel. South of the manor house is a large Baroque park, which extends to Lake Ziest.