History

Over the centuries Dersentin changed hands many times. In 1292 the records mention Jakob von Dersentin, squire to the prince at Werle Castle. In the early 14th century the village belongs to the nunnery at Köslin. From 1463 to 1780 the von Hahn family owns the estate. Around 1756 Dersentin had a glassworks for three years.

In 1841 Helene Krüger, heiress of Dersentin, marries Heinrich von Bassewitz. In the mid-19th century he builds the manor house in the neoclassical style: two and a half storeys, 13 bays, a raised basement, a shallow hipped roof and, on the courtyard side, a three-bay central projection topped with a gable. The entrance has four Ionic columns. The English landscape park is laid out at the same time.

In 1920 cavalry captain Georg von Bassewitz campaigns for Dersentin to get electric light. During the war the white façade has to give way to camouflage paint. In 1945 the landowning family is expelled, more than 100 refugees are housed in the building, and later it is turned into flats and a doctor's surgery.

After German reunification the manor house finds new owners who bring it back to its old glory step by step: Adriana and Sönke Johannsen, with Estancia feeling from Argentina, tiled stoves from Mecklenburg and a lot of mortar. Television has been watching since 2013.

Meaning of the name: Dersentin, Old Slavic, “place of Deržęta”.