Gut Weißenhaus Explained
| Schloss Weissenhaus |
| Location: | Wangels, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Client: | Jan Henric Buettner |
| Owner: | Jan Henric Buettner |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Renovation Date: | 2014 |
| Floor Area: | 75 hectares |
| Known For: | Private Nature Luxury Resort |
| Website: | Weissenhaus official website |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
German: Schloss Weissenhaus (also German: Gut Weißenhaus) is a schloss in Wangels in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is next to the Baltic Sea and about 100 km away from Hamburg.
The 75 hectare estate, including several restored historic buildings and a village, is owned by Jan Henric Buettner, who bought it for €7 million in 2005[1] and opened a luxury resort there in 2014.[2] [3] [4] €7.5 million in the funding for the renovation and conversion was raised on the crowdfunding site Companisto,[3] [4] where it drew more investment than any other for-profit European organisation to that date.[5]
The resort's luxury restaurant Courier was awarded a Michelin star in the 2015 Guide and 16 Gault Millau points.[6] [7] In May 2022, the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers took place at Weissenhaus.[8] In 2024, Buettner organized a high profile chess tournament at the resort, the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge.[9]
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Notes and References
- Gerhard Waldherr, "Und jetzt was Handfestes", brand eins 12/2011
- Martin U. Müller, tr. Ella Ornstein, "For Millionaires, By Millionaires: Transforming a Baltic Sea Village into Paradise", Der Spiegel, 11 January 2013.
- Maren Hoffmann, "Luxusresort Weissenhaus: Keine Angst vorm Millionärswatching", Der Spiegel, 20 June 2014
- Maren Hoffmann, "75 Hektar Luxus", Manager, 27 June 2014
- Dalia Fahmy, "Germans Warm to Crowdfunding as Resort Attracts Investors ", Bloomberg Businessweek, 27 August 2014.
- Gisela Reiners, "Sterne-Restaurants: Syltern sind die absolut schnuppe", Hamburger Abendblatt, 7 November 2014
- Web site: Companisto | Equity investments for start-ups.
- Web site: 2022-05-11 . G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Weissenhaus: A powerful sign of unity . 2024-02-21 . German Federal Foreign Office . en.
- News: Pütz . Florian . 2024-02-14 . Treffen sich ein Multimillionär, Miss Angola und Schachstar Magnus Carlsen am Weißenhäuser Strand... . https://archive.today/20240214201002/https://www.spiegel.de/sport/schach-star-magnus-carlsen-in-weissenhaus-sieht-so-die-zukunft-des-schachs-aus-a-10e955d5-c0e5-4cbc-aec8-f64af126023a . 2024-02-14 . 2024-02-21 . Der Spiegel . de . 2195-1349.
