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Half Langenleuba Castle, steel engraving around 1850
Postcard from around 1921
The castle around 2010
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Halbes Schloss is the name of a former manor in Langenleuba-Niederhain in the Altenburger Land district ( Thuringia ).

history

In 1290 the estate belonged to the Burgraves of Altenburg . In 1329 the Margraves of Meißen acquired fiefdom and gave the fiefdom a. a. to Burgraves of Leisnig , the lords of Creutzen , von Zschadras and von Schauroth . At that time the building was a medieval moated castle . In the 17th century the estate was managed by a von Brand family, from whom it came to the von Kuntsch family . Johann von Kuntsch rebuilt the palace in 1707 and 1711 as a four-wing complex with 121 exterior windows to a baroque palace with decorations in the Regence style. Elements of the late Renaissance have been preserved. In 1712 he ordered the conversion of the manor into a family fideikommiss and the establishment of a family foundation . This consisted of a number of legacies for students, for craft and trade apprentices and for the procurement of dowry from brides. The financial means for the legacies flowed from the income of the manor Langenleuba-Niederhain and from interest on capital assets.

In 1714, Dr. Christoph von Kuntsch took over the property. In 1805 the castle was still surrounded by water and the farm yard in front of it could only be reached via a bridge. In 1838 the family had the south wing torn down for unknown reasons. Since then it has also been called "Half Castle".

In 1926 the Familienfideikommiss was abolished and passed over to the family foundation. This was administered by a foundation board. In 1946 the descendants of the von Kuntsch family were expropriated as part of the land reform and the foundation was abolished. Eleven new farmer positions were created on the estate . School lessons were held in the castle itself until 1965. The vacant castle building has been falling into disrepair since around 1980, while the farm buildings, including the former manor inn, have been preserved.

At the time of the GDR dictatorship, the palace was "owned by the people" and in 1990 became the property of the federal government. On November 20, 2014 the building was listed by the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation as one of sixteen endangered castles in Thuringia. Only then did a long-term dispute over ownership of the castle end and the federal government recognized his ownership. The Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks took over the responsibility and put the castle up for sale. On November 28, 2015, the castle was auctioned for a minimum bid of 5,000 euros and found a new owner for 22,000 euros. On June 1, 2018, the castle was sold again at an auction for 31,000 euros after a minimum bid of only 1,000 euros. The building, which is said to contain numerous original furnishings from the Baroque period, is now considered to be in danger of collapsing.

architecture

The two-storey castle with its high mansard roof was once the most beautiful baroque palace complex in the Altenburger Land. The current building still has a usable area of ​​over 1,300 square meters. Inside there are cross vaults, baroque stucco ceilings and richly decorated chimneys. The facade is decorated with numerous decorations as well as a figure and a coat of arms above the entrance. The stucco ceilings on the ground floor are well preserved. The rich stucco ceiling on the upper floor of the eastern connecting building was torn out of context by two partition walls as early as the 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Halbes Schloss (Langenleuba-Niederhain)  - Collection of images

literature

  • Hans Werner Rothe : Castles and palaces in Thuringia. Castles and palaces mansions, Frankfurt / Main 1960.
  • Gustav Wolf, Sabine Hofmann, Klaus Hofmann: We can still see the old castle today ... - From the history of the manors in the Altenburger Land part II. Museum Burg Posterstein (ed.), Posterstein 2010.
  • Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces. Jenzig-Verlag 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive Portal Thuringia sign. 1-97-2201
  2. ↑ a b c Halbes Schloss will be auctioned again , mdr.de, accessed on September 11, 2018
  3. ↑ Michael Helbing: Monument Office lists 16 endangered castles and mansions. Thuringian General , November 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ New owner for Halbes Schloss in Langenleuba-Niederhain . Ostthüringer Zeitung from December 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ New owner for “Halbes Schloss” in Altenburger Land . MDR, June 5, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018.

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 40.5 ″  N , 12 ° 35 ′ 19.5 ″  E