The estate:
As early as 1350, the knightly family received the estate as a fief from the Hildesheim Abbey. The estate was built in 1722, the Kavaliershaus dates back to 1807.
At the end of the 1930s, the old von Schwicheldt family estate in Flachstöckheim was expropriated by the then Reichswerke (now Salzgitter AG). In 1942/43, the estate buildings were converted into 98 apartments for miners from the nearby ore mines by the Reichswerke housing company.
The estate park:
Prince Henry of Prussia, the brother of Frederick the Great, was quartered here during the Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763. On his orders, French prisoners of war had to create a rococo garden. In 1765, the park gate decorated with wrought-iron tendrils bearing the initials of August Wilhelm von Schwicheldt was created. In 1821, the park was converted into an English garden by the family. Between 1952 and 1954, Salzgitter AG restored the garden, and in 1956 the city of Salzgitter created an open-air stage there, where children's plays are performed in the summer.
In order to restore the listed estate and estate park ensemble to its original form, the municipal management company (SRB) commissioned an expert in September 2006. The expert drew up a garden conservation and development concept in line with the listed status of the grounds.
Between 2008 and 2010, the park was extensively renovated and transformed back into an English landscape park.
In a first construction phase from November 2008 up to and including June 2009 and a second in 2010, the wall that borders the north side of the park was extensively restored by a specialist company on behalf of the SRB Salzgitter. In 2009, the municipal company covered the area of the open-air stage with new natural slabs and renewed the lights in the park in the same year. In 2010, the paths in the park were renovated and resurfaced.
All this was also made possible by the voluntary help of the Gutspark Friends' Association. The members not only ensure that the park is well maintained, they also planted the plants provided by the SRB.
Source: from the book "Salzgitter", by Jürgen Hodemacher, 1984