Gutsverwaltung Stendorf

Kasseedorf, Germany, Germany

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Gutsverwaltung Stendorf manages the historic Gut Stendorf estate in the village of Stendorf, now part of Kasseedorf municipality in Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, first documented in 1201 when sold by Count Adolf III.

of Schauenburg to Lübeck's Johanniskloster along with nearby lands. The estate, which historically encompassed Kasseedorf, Sagau, Griebel, and surrounding farms, passed through noble families like Brockdorff, Rantzau, Sehestedt, and Ahlefeldt before entering the Grand Ducal House of Oldenburg in 1639, forming part of a vast 18,000-hectare perpetual family trust dissolved in 1928.

Today, this well-preserved 13th-century complex with its manor house, park, dairy, and workers' homes continues sustainable agriculture in the Ostholstein Switzerland nature park near the Bungsberg, Schleswig-Holstein's highest hill, despite recent ownership disputes.