From the Archive
Letters, photographs, army lists and files: documented articles on the history of Gültz and the von Maltzahn family – with sources and gaps clearly identified.
The year-by-year overview can be found on the History page, and the pictures in the family archive of the gallery. Here you will find the detailed articles – arranged by topic.
Elected five times – Helmuth von Maltzahn and the Reichstag elections in Demmin-Anklam 1871–1881
From 53 to 84 per cent: how the builder of Schloss Gültz won the Demmin-Anklam constituency five times – and why in 1881 he lost in the towns but on the …
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The church of Gültz in the 1898 monument inventory – pulpit, a bell from 1409 and a tomb slab
In 1898 the provincial conservator Hugo Lemcke counted the Gültz pulpit among the most valuable pieces in the district. His inventory also describes the bell of 1409 and the tomb slab of the hereditary marshal Achim …
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Gültz in figures – the knight’s estate in the estate directories from 1884 to 1939
1,100 hectares over fifty years, 1,600 sheep giving way to herd-book cattle and Lanz Bulldog tractors: what four estate directories between 1884 and 1939 record about Gültz.
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Schloss Gültz floor by floor – the as-built plans of 2000
Four floor plans and a section: how Schloss Gültz is laid out, how high the rooms are and how the house is built – based on the as-built plans of October 2000.
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The house of Gültz in the family chronicle of 1925
Estate purchases, Bismarck’s kiss, the “August Conference”, “Prussia out!” and “Uns’ Mudding”: what Berthold Schmidt’s family chronicle of 1925 relates about three generations at Gültz.
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How Gültz came to the Maltzahns – Sir Berend, a fire and a feud (1484–1497)
In 1484 the knight Berend Maltzan bought the village of Gültz, a nephew burnt the farmstead down, in 1491 Wolde Castle fell – and in 1496/97 Gültz finally passed to the family.
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Georg Daniel – the architect of Schloss Gültz and his buildings
From Tressow via Gültz and Vanselow to the Schwerin court theatre and cathedral tower: the life and all known buildings of the master builder Georg Daniel (1829–1913).
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Two bells for Utzedel – a correspondence from 1878
A cracked bell, an offer from Demmin and a precise invoice: in 1878 Helmuth von Maltzahn had two cast-steel bells bearing a Bible verse and coat of arms procured for the church in Utzedel.
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Station, light railway and great herds – the Maltzahns and the land around Gültz
Shares for a railway station, light railway stops on the estates, over 400 horses and 3,500 sheep: how the von Maltzahn-Gültz family was linked to the region’s railways and agriculture.
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The burial ground in the Jammertal – 3,000-year-old finds at Gültz
In 1909 stone blasters at Gültz came upon Bronze Age urn graves and Wendish cremation graves. The lord of the manor called in an antiquarian from Stettin – a report from the Pommersche Monatsblätter.
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Axel Freiherr von Maltzahn (1868–1931) – stages of a life
Born in the old house at Gültz, district administrator in Grimmen, lover of the stars and Wagnerian, later lord of Gültz: stages in the life of Axel von Maltzahn (1868–1931) and his wife Helene, the “Rose …
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The Pasewalk cuirassiers and the Freiherren von Maltzahn-Gültz
White tunic, Hohenfriedberg 1745, Königgrätz 1866: how three generations of the von Maltzahn-Gültz family were connected with the “Königin” Cuirassier Regiment in Pasewalk.
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The Demmin uhlans and Schloss Gültz – the first guest in the new house
Summer 1872: before the von Maltzahn family moved in, officers of the Demmin uhlans slept in the new manor – among them the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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The last days at Gültz – 1944/45 in the manor house
War, refugee treks and farewell: how the von Maltzahn family’s last months at Gültz unfolded – and what remained of the house.
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Away and at home – places in the life of the von Maltzahn-Gültz family
Heidelberg, Berlin, Varzin, Karlsbad, Stettin: letters, spa guest lists and the family chronicle show where the lords of Gültz travelled – and where they returned to.
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The Lenné park at Gültz – a landscape garden by Peter Joseph Lenné
The Lenné park at Gültz: a landscape park after Peter Joseph Lenné (1840). Manor pond, ice cellar, magnolia, 200-year-old trees.
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GDR building files 1982–1984 – original photographs and documents from the Schloss Gültz archive
Original photographs and building files from the GDR-era renovation of Schloss Gültz 1982–1984: minutes, colour schemes, historic photographs from the manor archive – shown for the first time.
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The history of Schloss Gültz – the von Maltzahn family since 1496
Almost 450 years of the von Maltzahn family, construction 1868–1872, expropriation 1945, GDR vocational school, rescue 2019 – the eventful history of Schloss Gültz.
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Photographs, postcards, letters or memories of Gültz before 1945 – every item helps to tell the story of the house more completely. We scan with care and will, of course, return all originals.