Groß Stieten: Hotels and Accommodation

Groß Stieten displays its typical Mecklenburg village character along the village street: workers’ houses, a manor house, and farm buildings shape the townscape. The estate includes a horse stable built in 1923 at the addresses Am Hof 10 / An der Wirtschaftsstraße 21.

Culture

Historically, Groß Stieten is associated with horse breeding based on Trakehners and equestrian successes at GDR championships. Groß Stieten Manor House is a two-storey, 13-axis rendered building with a three-axis central avant-corps and a hipped roof. Its triangular gable bears a turret with an integrated bell; a clock is located below it.

The manor house is considered Tudor Gothic Revival in its original design; the crowning gable was removed later. The estate grounds also retain the original Swiss house and a red-brick coach house built in 1923. The manor house and its new buildings served as an apprentice residence and agricultural training facility. From 1871 until its expropriation in 1945, the Groß Stieten estate was owned by the Thormann family.

Location

Groß Stieten is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. The village is located on the B 106 between Wismar and Schwerin and is also conveniently situated near the A 20 and A 241 motorways. There are two restaurants in Groß Stieten.

Surroundings

Nearby are Wismar and Dorf Mecklenburg. Wismar has a medieval old town with monumental churches, a large market square, and the Wasserkunst; since 2002, the city has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The nearby village of Dorf Mecklenburg is home to the district agricultural museum, with exhibitions on rural life and agricultural change in West Mecklenburg. The church there has been a cycling church on the Baltic Sea–Elbe Cycle Route since 2012.

Cycling

In the surrounding region, the “Blue Eight” cycle tour loops around Lake Schwerin’s outer and inner lakes. Depending on the route, the tour covers approximately 65 to 70 kilometres. Its northern loop runs through Hohen Viecheln and Bad Kleinen. On the regional “Blue Eight,” there are opportunities to return by train to Schwerin from Bad Kleinen or Lübstorf.

The regional overview also includes Lübow, Bobitz, Bad Kleinen, Hohen Viecheln, Barnekow, Ventschow and Metelsdorf.

For the higher-level travel overview: Amt Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen.