Dummerstorf: Manor House, Village Churches and Culture

Dummerstorf Manor House: Baroque Architecture and Culture

Dummerstorf Manor House was built between 1714 and 1717 in the Baroque style as the ancestral seat of the Mecklenburg noble von Preen family and is a listed building. Its construction period, architectural style and original function offer different ways to explore the house. Here, ancestral seat refers to the building's role for the von Preen family.

A local association also makes the manor house's two halls available to the public for events such as concerts, readings and lectures. If you are planning your trip around a particular event, check the latest event details with the organizer. This makes it possible to distinguish the house's historical context from the question of what program will be taking place when you visit.

Village Churches and Historic Interiors

Dummerstorf also includes the villages of Prisannewitz and Petschow. The village church in Petschow is a fieldstone building with wall and vault paintings from the mid-14th century, as well as a richly carved altarpiece from 1707. St. Godehard's Church in Kessin houses a carved Madonna and Child dating from around 1300 and a carved figure of Bishop St. Godehard from the 15th century. The furnishings bring together different historical periods and art forms.

Another option for a visit is Kavelstorf motorway church. It is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The churches thus complement the manor house as cultural destinations in their own right, each with different historical connections.

Models in Göldenitz

Nearby in Göldenitz, close to Dummerstorf, miniland MV features more than 70 detailed, true-to-scale building models along a replica road network of federal highways and motorways. This offers a different perspective on architecture from the historic buildings in Dummerstorf: here, the focus is on models set within a simulated road network. Anyone interested in architecture can compare the original building histories of the manor house and churches with a model display of many buildings.

In the wider Rostock destination

When planning a trip to the wider Rostock destination, there are also other landscapes and activities to consider. The Rostock region is bordered by 62 kilometers of Baltic Sea coastline, with a number of seaside resorts; the coastal hinterland includes the river valleys of the Warnow and Recknitz. The landscape of Sternberger Seenland Nature Park is characterized by deeply incised breakthrough valleys along the Warnow, numerous lakes, picturesque hills and extensive forests. The nature park is especially suited to hiking and cycling.

At Wildpark-MV, visitors can explore the park independently or join guided walks, including wolf, owl and evening walks. The historic narrow-gauge Molli railway is another regional option: it runs between Kühlungsborn and Bad Doberan and is the oldest narrow-gauge railway on the Baltic coast. These examples offer a different focus from Dummerstorf's manor house and church history and can help you weigh up your interests when planning a trip in the wider destination.

Buses and trains in the Rostock district operate within the transport association, so visitors can travel throughout the region, including the Hanseatic and university city of Rostock, with a single ticket. For road travel, the A19 enters the Rostock district from the south, where it intersects with the A20, which runs from west to east.

Discover more destinations: Groß Lüsewitz, Niekrenz, Amt Bützow-Land, Kavelstorf, Kessin, Gubkow.

Back to the overview of the wider destination: Rostock.