Zarchlin Manor House — a com­po­sition of culinary delights and drum­rolls

Meck­lenburg-Western Pome­rania has been the most popular tourist desti­nation in Germany for a number of years now. And for good reason. Nowhere else can you find so much­land­scape with so few people and so many beau­tiful lakes? plenty of space to party and make loud music. That’s what architect and musician Daniel KrÅger thought when he and his wife Marianne started looking for a place where many people could be tog­ether and cele­brate. A kind of big country commune, not with kett­ledrum but with drumkit.

The Zarchlin estate has 100 heritage windows and thus 100 enchanting views of the land­scape. We meet Daniel Krüger on the terrace.

What is the first thing you do when you arrive at the manor house?

I sit down on the terrace and listen to nature. The birdsong here is won­derful, the leaves of
the trees rustle in the wind and otherwise ? silence.

What is the first song that comes to your mind?

“Bun­galow” by the Aus­trian band Bil­derbuch [Picture Book]. The song fits well atmo­sphe­ri­cally. It gives me the feeling of dancing through the rooms in an endless loop ? Even though my bun­galow is a stately manor house.

SPACE

You can find beau­tiful spaces like this in our Spaces section. There you can dis­cover inspiring places and unusual loca­tions for work­shops, con­fe­rences, events and more.

You have a rehearsal room and a large pro­fes­sional kitchen. An Inte­resting mixture?

Yes, cooking and music are our main themes. We offer large groups or indi­vi­duals the oppor­tunity to cook tog­ether in our kitchen, to get to know each other, to spend time tog­ether. And as a drummer I wanted to create a place for band camps. A place where
musi­cians can meet, make music, work on songs and not have to worry about dis­turbing the neigh­bours.

What event would you most like to plan in the manor house?

Pre­ferably a big family cele­bration. Gut Zarchlin has the perfect mix of com­munity and retreat. You can cook in the large former manor kitchen and there are large rooms for long tables or for dancing. But there are also plenty of places to retreat to. We also have cooking events here from time to time. Our manor kitchen is pro­fes­sio­nally equipped, with a pizza oven, high-quality pans and sharp knives.

And why should we make a point of going to Lake Plauer?

It’s the perfect place to relax and con­cen­trate on the important things. You can get in touch with nature and in this way dis­cover new per­spec­tives.

The hosts: Architect and musician Daniel Krüger has embraced country life tog­ether with his wife and media pro­ducer Marianne. Ori­gi­nally, they were looking for a place for friends and family tospend time tog­ether and cele­brate. The result is a manor house where guests can come for­ho­lidays and events. The two staunch city dwellers have moved the centre of their life to
the coun­tryside for this purpose and are rarely to be found in Berlin, much pre­ferring to per­so­nally guide their guests through the manor house. Since opening in June 2021, they have been partners of Holi­da­y­ar­chit­ecure.

The Space

The Zarchlin Manor House is located between Schwerin and the Müritz, on the edge of the Meck­lenburg Lake Dis­trict. A com­munal meeting place has been created on a 3‑hectare park-like estate. In addition to the six holiday apart­ments, there is a large hall, a seminar room and rehearsal room for musi­cians. The old manor kitchen is available to all guests and invites them to join in com­munal cooking ses­sions. The hosts have mostly reno­vated the manor house them­selves and have placed great emphasis on sus­taina­bility. The walls have been re-plas­tered with breat­hable clay or lime, the old flo­or­boards have been refur­bished and the 100 heritage windows painted with linseed oil. The result is a place for couples, families, seminars and cele­bra­tions, as well as a space for inspi­ration and oppor­tunity for musi­cians and creative people.

Go to Space

The hotel

Apart­ment­Ho­liday home Gutshaus Zarchlin

Apartment // Holiday home Gutshaus Zarchlin

Add to my favourites

One hundred heritage windows with a leafy view and good per­spec­tives in terms of sus­taina­bility. The manor house amidst old trees and endless fields on the edge of the Meck­lenburg Lake Dis­trict tells an exciting story both inside and out.

⟶

More SpaceS­tories

SpaceS­tories A Thing of Pos­si­bility

SpaceS­tories A Thing of Pos­si­bility

A space in Wendland that offers many pos­si­bi­lities with a guest house and event rooms. Behind the unusual name is an equally unusual concept — and a key question: How do we want to live and work in the future?

⟶

SpaceS­tories Not afraid to leave gaps

SpaceS­tories Not afraid to leave gaps

Entre­pre­neurs Birgit and Mathias Mahnke have dedi­cated them­selves to the creative revi­ta­li­sation of old indus­trial pro­perties in eastern Germany and have skilfuly proven that coin­ci­dence can be planned.

⟶

SpaceS­tories Lichtturm Solingen – A meta­mor­phosis from water to light

SpaceS­tories Lichtturm Solingen – A meta­mor­phosis from water to light

What do you do with a water tower that is no longer needed for water supply? In Solingen, a lighting designer has found his very own answer: a light­house in the middle of the Ber­gi­sches Land. We allow our­selves to be enligh­tened.

⟶

SpaceS­tories The Pirol ­– an island of culture in the midst of wild nature

SpaceS­tories The Pirol ­– an island of culture in the midst of wild nature

Rooms are like clothes: They should fit the occasion. Some­times it should be festive, some­times more business-like and some­times a little extra­vagant. Today we meet an expert in the Uckermark region who knows a thing or two about both clothes and rooms. Time for a fitting.

⟶