The Frustberg House, also known as the Tiefbrunn House, is a former property and a

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at Frustberg in the

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borough of

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. The property became a summer residence for wealthy Hamburg citizens from 1651. The current house was built in the early 18th century by the

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Eybert Tiefbrunn, and his coat of arms is still found over the main entrance door, with the year 1703 inscribed. The building is a rare example of a baroque brick building from the era. In the 19th century, the property included an estate of 605

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(6050

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) land, and the manor house was surrounded by 7 hectare (70 decare) park. Eybert Tiefbrunn coat of arms - Frustberg

From 1793 to 1823, the manor house was owned by the Berenberg/Gossler banking family and was well known as a meeting place of Hamburg high society with many famous regular guests such as Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Philipp Otto Runge. It served as the summer residence of Elisabeth Gossler née Berenberg, the matriarch of the family. Her, at that time deceased, husband was Johann Hinrich Gossler, a great-grandson of Eybert Tiefbrunn, for whom the house was built a century earlier. Hamburg-Gross-Borstel-Stavenhagenhaus

In 1823, the Gossler family sold the property to Wilhelm Schröder, who was married to

Salomon Heine Salomon Heine (19 October 1767 – 23 December 1844) was a merchant and banker in Hamburg. Heine was born in Hanover. Penniless, he came to Hamburg in 1784 and in the following years acquired sizeable assets. It was common knowledge at the t ...

's eldest daughter Fanny. Their grandson Otto Nanne owned the property from 1872 to 1906, when he sold it to the factory owner August Herbst. Due to financial difficulties, Herbst sold the property to the Hamburg government in 1928–29. Since 1937, the manor house has been listed as a cultural heritage site. The park had by 1957 been reduced to 4800 m². The manor house is traditionally known as the Frustberg House.Johannes Langenbuch, "Der Frustberg in Groß Borstel," ''Hamburgische Geschichts- und Heimatblätter'', vol. 19, 1961/1963, pp. 85–89 The house was officially given the name Stavenhagenhaus in honour of the poet Fritz Stavenhagen in 1962, with a ceremony presided over by Helmut Schmidt. However, Stavenhagen has no association with the house's history and the building is also referred to as the Frustberg House or as the Tiefbrunn House. The name ''Gossler House'' has also been used. The building is used for cultural events such as concerts.

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