SCHLOSS MENTIN 

Located one hour and a half between Berlin and Hamburg and reachable via the German A 24 highway (Suckow exit), lies the small village of Mentin, incorporated on January 1, 1951, into Suckow, a district of the municipality of Ruhner Berge in the south of Ludwigslust-Parchim in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. On the edge of a small valley at the village's entrance rises the Schloss Mentin, a monumental manor house of Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements built in 1912 - 1914 by the German architect Paul Korff.

At the end of the 19th century, the estate was owned by the Von Pressentin; later, it came into the possession of the German industrialist Arthur Poensgens. After 1916, and until the end of World War II the building served as a residence for the Haus Neuerburg’ family.  During the GDR, and until 1996, the Gutshaus Mentin served as a children’s orphanage.

In 1996, a private investor purchased the historical Schloss Mentin manor house, along with its fragmented parcels of land and surrounding farm buildings covering an area of approximately 186,000 square meters. Over the next few years until 2014, the manor and its estate underwent extensive restoration and renovation. The property had several proposed uses, including a brief period as an old-timer car museum and later plans to open a corporate academy with employee accommodations and a hotel resort with a spa area. However, following the sudden death of the owner in 2021, Schloss Mentin was put up for sale.

Today, under new management, this historic building is set to open in 2025 as an event location and hotel with 90 double rooms, offering indoor and outdoor event spaces, as well as cultural programs of Something Great's new arts centre installed in the surrounding buildings of  Schloss Mentin, which has been operating since 2022 as residency space for artists. 

^{Gutshof Mentin before renovation in 2006 ©  Public Domain}

^{Gutshof Mentin before renovation in 2006 ©  Public Domain}

^{Gutshof Mentin before the renovation in 2006 ©  Public Domain}

^{Gutshof  Mentin at the beggining of the renovation on 2012 © Sven Riekers}

^{Gutshof Mentin at the beggining of the renovation on 2012 © Sven Riekers}

^{Gutshof Mentin at the beggining of the renovation on 2012 © Sven Riekers}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshhof Mentin’s main building after the renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof Mentin’s caretakers house after renovation © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof Mentin’s barn building after the renovation ©  Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof Mentin’s barn buildings after the renovation ©  Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof Mentin’s former barn after the renovation ©  Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof  Mentin’s barn building yet to be renovated  © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof  Mentin’s barn building partially renovated  © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

^{Gutshof  Mentin’s barn building partially renovated  © Schloss Mentin GmbH & Co. KG}

Studio 1

Studio size: 220 m2
Height: 4-7 meters
Equipment: There is a wooden floor with a black/white dance carpet, an audio system, and movable wall mirrors. Microphones, video projectors, photo/video cameras, and projection screens are available upon request.


Studio 2

Size: 220 m2
Height: 4-7 meters
Equipment: There are seminar tables, various  chairs, a whiteboard, and a projection screen. Video projector, and microphones are available upon request.

Studios & Blackbox

Purpose: Performances, Artistic residencies, Events, Workshops, Symposia, etc.

Location: First floor
Size:  1 studio with 130 m2 and 1 with 700 m2 with the possibility of divison into two different spaces.
Height: 5-7 meters



Open Air Stage

Purpose: Music concerts, outdoor performances and open air cinema

Location: Groundfloor
Stage Size: 350 m2
Height: Open air



Gallery / Exhibition Hall

Purpose: Visual arts exhibitions

Location: Groundfloor
Size: 700 m2 (with columns)
Height: 4 meters



Bar / Cafeteria & Terrace

Location; Groundfloor
Size: 700 m2
Height: Open air