 In the Seven Years' War, the premises were plundered by Russian troops under General Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben during his Raid on Berlin in 1760.After the war, King Frederick the Great promoted sericulture for a recovery of the local economy.Then held by the Voss noble family, the fate of Julie von Voss (1766–1789), lady-in-waiting and spouse of King Frederick William II of Prussia, was perpetuated in the "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg" by Theodor Fontane.