Travel Guide "Remembrance Connects Region Oder-Warta"

21 A h i stor i ca l ly common cultura l area A h i stor i ca l ly common cultura l area West Germany. After German reunifi- cation, the estate was transferred back to the von Hardenberg family and sold to the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giro- verband (German banking organisation) in 1997 , establishing the Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg (cultural heritage association). Cultural events have been held there regularly since completion in 2002 of the extensive renovation work in the palace and the adjacent area, including the church and village green. More information on the history of the village is available at the Dorfmuseum Alte Schule (Old School Village Mu- seum), run by the Heimatverein Neu- hardenberg e.V. association. It is open from April to October and on request. Neuhardenberg Palace was rebuilt in the classicist style from 1820 to 1823 in accordance with plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The village green and the church were extensively redesigned in 1817 . The park was redesigned by Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau and Peter Joseph Lenné. Starting in 1921 , Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg was responsible for the estate‘s administration. The Count joined the resistance group around Count von Stauffenberg and made the estate available as a secret meeting place. After the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at the Wolf ‘s Lair in East Prussia on 20 July 1944 , Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg was Neuhardenberg Palace and Church A site of resistance and culture: Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg‘s former residence and showpiece of classicism welcomes its guests with an extensive cultural programme. As early as the second half of the 8 th century, a temporary settlement of Santok was established at the conflu- ence of the Warthe and Netze rivers, which was essentially a trading post. In the 10 th century, Piast Duke Mies- zko I took over Santok and created a strategically important town, which became the „watchtower of and key to the kingdom“. In the 11 th and 12 th centuries, Santok was the seat of a castellany and a prefecture. In 1260 , Santok provided the backdrop for the marriage of the Polish princess Konstancja Przemysłówna to the Brandenburg Margrave Konrad. Konstancja brought in the lands around Santok Castle as a dowry, but without the castle itself. This gave rise to con- tinual conflicts. In the Battle of Santok in 1296 , the castle was finally conque- red and then remained predominantly Brandenburg. Since 1945 , Santok has once again been within the borders of Poland. The turbulent history that is characte- ristic of many places in the Oder and Warthe region bears witness today to this historically common cultural area. At the historic site of the former fortress from the 11 th and 15 th centu- ries, a watchtower-style observation tower of a medieval knight‘s castle was opened in 1936 and is still pre- Archaeological Museum Castle Santok Santok – key to the Kingdom of Piasts: learn about this region‘s varied history in the Archaeological Museum Castle Santok. arrested, expropriated of his assets, and subsequently interned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He survived his time there. Due to the renewed expropriation due to land reform in the Soviet occupation zone, the von Hardenbergs moved to served as a monument today. Since September 2020 , the castle museum has been modernised and now offers a contemporary exhibition on the history of the castle, an exhibi- tion hall for temporary exhibitions, and educational facilities for visitors of all ages. Address: Schinkelplatz 15320 Neuhardenberg, Deutschland www.schlossneuhardenberg.de Open: January-December GPS : 52 ° 35 ‘ 40 . 5 “N 14 ° 14 ‘ 29 . 2 “E Neuhardenberg Palace and Church i Address: Wodna 2 a 66 - 431 Santok, Polen www.muzeumlubuskie.pl Open: January-December GPS : 52 ° 44 ‘ 04 . 0 “N 15 ° 23 ‘ 49 . 0 “E Archaeological Museum Castle Santok i 20