Lordship of Baruth (Upper Lusatia)

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Baruth Castle around 1870

The rule of Baruth in Upper Lusatia already existed in the 11th century. The seat was in Baruth near Bautzen .

history

Baruth Castle in the 19th century
Grave of Clemens Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld in the churchyard of Baruth
Entrance portal to the palace garden

Since 1406 the rule was owned by the von Gersdorff family . The last male successor to the Gersdorffs in Baruth was Adolf Nicolaus Graf von Gersdorff, who was defeated by his opponent in a duel near Mittenwalde in 1787 . He was unmarried and left no children or wills. The three possible heirs were: Friedrich Alexander Graf von Gersdorff (half-brother), Friederike Henriette Gräfin von Hohenthal (born von Gersdorff, half-sister) and Ferdinand (II.) Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (nephew, for his mother Mariane Gräfin zur Lippe-Weißenfeld born von Gersdorff, sister of the deceased). Because the half-brother, who lived in Paris, had rejected the way of life, the choice fell on Friederike Henriette, who soon moved with her daughter to Kleinwelka in the Moravian Congregation. There she was found on April 18, 1797 with her throat cut open. It was probably a suicide . Then the rule came to the Counts of Lippe-Weißenfeld.

Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, the last man on Baruth with Rackel and Buchwalde , commissioned the construction of a basalt factory in 1929 . Production began as early as 1930. In 1932, the road construction company Kusiche & Töpfer from Guben leased the crushing plant , which was in operation until December 1993 and is now (as of 2014) preserved as a technical monument. Basalt mining on the nearby Schafberg continued until 2000.

The castle was demolished in 1949/50 by decision of the Bautzen district and in 1950 a school was built in the immediate vicinity. Today only the entrance portal to the castle garden and the rest of a tower remind of the property.

owner

  • 1216–1234 Hildebrand von Baruth
  • 1234–1280 Heinrich von Baruth
  • 1319–1351 Bernhard, Seifried and Heinrich von Baruth (the von Baruth brothers sell the estate)
  • 1351–1388 Heinrich von Kittlitz on Kittlitz († 1388)
  • 1388–1406 Johannes von Kittlitz († 1406) Otto von Kittlitz and (sons)
  • from 1406 Nickel Bock by Gersdorff
  • Christoph von Gersdorff († 1433)
  • Gotsche (Gerhard) von Gersdorff (1489 Baruth moated castle destroyed in a major fire)
  • Christoph von Gersdorff
  • Caspar and Melchior von Gersdorff (sons)
  • Christoph von Gersdorff on Baruth and Ottenhain (Baruth and See )
  • 1589–1593 Rudolph von Gersdorff (eldest son)
  • 1593–1610 Christoph Volkmar von Gersdorff († 1610) in Baruth, Drehsa , See and Ottenhain (youngest brother)
  • 1659–1665 Caspar Rudolf von Gersdorff († 1672) (Baruth sold to Malschwitz line)
  • 1665–1702 Nikol von Gersdorff (1629–1702) in Baruth, Hennersdorf , Berthelsdorf , Kemnitz , Bretnig , Kreckwitz , Rackel , Hauswalde and Buchwalde , married to Henriette Catharina von Gersdorff
  • 1702–1751 Gottlob Friedrich Graf von Gersdorff († 1751) in Baruth, Kemnitz, Buchwalde and Rackel (2nd son, imperial count since 1745)
  • 1751–1765 Nikolaus Wilibald Graf von Gersdorff (1713–1765)
  • 1766 Friedrich Alexander (eldest son; resigned)
  • 1766–1787 Adolf Nicolaus Graf von Gersdorff (1753–1787)
  • 1787–1797 Friederike Henriette Countess von Hohenthal née Countess von Gersdorff (sister)
  • 1802–1808 Henriette Sophie Countess von Hohenthal († 1808) (daughter)
  • 1808–1846 Ferdinand Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1772–1846) on Baruth, Buchwalde and Rackel
  • 1846–1882 Gustav (f) Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1805–1882)
  • 1882–1900 Ferdinand Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1844–1900) on Teichnitz and Baruth
  • 1900–1915 Georg Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1850–1915) (brother)
  • 1915–1920 Clemens Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1860–1920) (cousin) (1916 the family received the title of prince)
  • 1920–1939 (Karl Franz) Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1903–1939) (son) on Baruth, Buchwalde, Rackel, Dauban and Sornitz near Meißen;
  • 1939–1945 Dorothea (Pauline) née Princess von Schönburg -Waldenburg (1905–2000) (widow)

literature

  • Margarete Hamer-Princess of Lippe-Weißenfeld: 275 years of Lippe-Weißenfeld . Volume 1: Hike from the Lippe region to Lusatia. Based on family history sources. Sollermann, Leer / Ostfriesland 2009, ISBN 978-3-938897-30-0 .
  • Margarete Hamer-Princess of Lippe-Weißenfeld: 275 years of Lippe-Weißenfeld . Volume 2: Hike from Lipper Land via Niederlausitz to Oberlausitz. Based on family history sources. Oberlausitzer Verlag Nürnberger, Spitzkunnersdorf 2017, ISBN 978-3-936867-68-8 .
  • Margarete Hamer-Princess to Lippe-Weißenfeld: Baruth in Saxony 1945–1950. A time study . Oberlausitzer Verlag Nürnberger, Spitzkunnersdorf 2004.
  • Margarete Hamer-Princess zur Lippe-Weißenfeld: Escape of a twelve-year-old. In: Adam von Watzdorf, Agnes von Kopp-Colomb, Henning von Kopp-Colomb (eds.): Book of fate 2 of the Saxon-Thuringian nobility: 1945 to 1989 and from the turn of the century to 2005. CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 2005, ISBN 3-7980-0606-7 , pp. 333–347 (From the German Aristocratic Archives NF 6).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Margarete Hamer - Princess of Lippe-Weißenfeld: 275 years Lippe-Weißenfeld. Hike from the Lippe region to Lusatia. Volume I. Sollermann, Leer 2009. ISBN 3-938897-30-9