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There are said to be over 2,000 manor houses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They are often hidden in tiny villages, away from the tourist crowds and long-distance traffic routes. Some look like small castles, others have a down-to-earth, rustic country estate. There are large manor houses, ancient knights' castles or neoclassical boxes of postmodernism. A cultural and historical wealth that had been forgotten. In the anniversary year of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2020, however, the revival of the dilapidated castles and palaces is really gaining momentum. The manor house rescue scene is growing faster than ever before. Wadim Wolf, a Berlin artist who wants to set up a freely accessible Buddhist sculpture park here, recently moved into the manor house in Behren-Lübchin. But Wadim Wolf underestimated all of this somewhat: the size of the house, the expanse of the manor house park, the amount of dead wood, garbage and rubble. Nevertheless, Wadim Wolf is glad to have escaped the urban jungle of Berlin. Philipp Kaszay has been building the house at Kobrow Castle near Laage for seven years. Only now has he decided to bring life into the second, much larger half of the house. He will move in himself, because until now he lived with his daughter Paula in three rooms on the upper floor, his kitchen was in the basement. In the ruins of the manor house in Scharpzow, a young couple, Nina Hollensteiner and Vincenzo Latronico, are feeling their way through rubble and moldy wallpaper remnants. English, German and Italian are spoken. The two are artists who commute between Berlin, Stavenhagen and Italy. They want to turn the dilapidated castle into a retreat for creative people. A kind of Villa Massimo in Mecklenburg. But there are some unpleasant surprises in the beams of the manor house, where dry rot, the dreaded fungus, is rampant. But in the end, the enthusiastic creators hope, everything will be fine in the manor house. All episodes of the series: • Savior of the Manor Houses #ndr #ndrdoku #gutshaus