Gut Altenhof is manor house located in a 980 hectare area south east of the city Eckernförde. It was often rebuilt in the last centuries. The middle part of the house is open for the public. Since 1993 have been guides through the building, but it is only available for a group out of 20 people or more and with a reservation. Under the roof is a concert room for 870 seats. Every year in summer are there classic concert (Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival). Around the manor house is a park with an old tree population and a golf area.

Holstein Switzerland is the region alongside the water’s edge in the nature park between Lübeck and Kiel, with around 200 lakes, many manor houses and splendid castles. In the villages, you will find thatched cottages, mills and many other curiosities.

Large property dating back to the beginning of the 18th century. It is famous for its Rococo hall inside the mansion. The barn is used for concerts and other music events.

The castle of Ploen is the only well preserved castle in Schleswig-Holstein, which was built in attitude. The first duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ploen, Joachim Ernst, built it in between 1633 and 1636. The ducal residence castle is deemed to be the most important renaissance new building during the thirty years’ war. The brick-lined castle is three winged structured and got his white façade not until the 19th century. Even if there is not much left of the original equipment it is still one of the premium architecture artworks of Schleswig-Holstein. During the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933 the castle of Ploen was used as a state-run educational establishment with humanistic educational ideals. In 1933 the “Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt” moved into the castle. From 1946 till 2001 the castle was used by a state-run residential school and since 2002 the castle is home of the Fielmann-Academy, a non-profit society with learning opportunities for the whole optically branch of business.

The moated castle was built between 1583 and 1587. The ducal property is a museum these days showing pieces of home décor dating back to the 18th and 19th century.