With the construction of the Semper Manor House (colloquially known as Semper Castle) between 1916 and 1920, the stables (derived from the Old High German word "meriha," meaning female horse), the gardener's house, the forester's house, and a small farmyard in the Neo-Baroque style (featuring stucco, ornamentation, arches, and interplay of light) were also built. The manor house was designed by the Berlin architect Georg Steinmetz. The Lietz family, who owned the estate, had transformed approximately 38 hectares into a woodland park. This included a rhododendron avenue and an artificially created cascading pond on the steep bank of the Jasmund Lagoon. After the end of World War II, the Lietz family was expropriated, and the secluded manor house was used as a military training facility between 1963 and 1990. The Lietz family had transformed an area of ​​approximately 38 hectares into a woodland park. The forest park was left to its own devices until the East Rügen Landscape Conservation Association (Landschaftspflegeverband Ostrügen e.V.) restored it between 2000 and 2002, based on historical models. During this process, the hiking trails were cleared according to old maps, and the historic rhododendron avenue was pruned and replanted. The heavily silted cascade ponds, which collect rainwater from the surrounding hills, were cleaned. Today, the Semper Forest Park is a popular destination on Rügen, and a visit is well worth it: magnificent nature, close to the large Jasmund Lagoon (Jasmunder Bodden), with wildly romantic, almost fairytale-like woodlands and seas of blossoms in the sunshine, and eerily beautiful witch trees at night and in the fog, interesting structures scattered throughout. And: admission to the Semper Forest Park is free. https://www.ruegenmagic.de/Sehenswertes/waldpark-semper.html