Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein

Horst Stein is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography

The community size is around 16 km ². Of these, 580 hectares of forest and 820 hectares of agricultural land, who are appointed by two circular domains and a farm.

In the forest there is the Wehrensteich, which has an area of 22 ha.

History

1315 Horst Stein was first mentioned in a document. 1691 bought by Magnus Wedderkop the village which was abandoned in 1739 by Gottfried von Wedderkop again.

1928 Horst Stein independent rural community.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, a reinforced golden, golden crowned half red lion. "

Good stone Horst

The mansion Steinhorst of 1721 /22, a large, listed in brick baroque building with a hipped roof, is one of the most beautiful Baroque buildings in the country. The designs for this building came from the eminent architect Johannes Nicolaus Kuhn, who is best known for his numerous works in Hamburg.

Since the estate was on the border between Lauenburg and Stormarn, it caused 1737 to 1739 a dispute between George II, King of Great Britain and Duke of Hanover and Christian VI. of Denmark, who raised both tenure and in which the former owner of the estate was in debt. During the negotiations, the Danish ambassador in Hamburg Horst Stein was occupied, after which George II did attack Hanoverian troops that were superior to the Danish squatters and they could sell.