Glücksburg hunting lodge

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The Glücksburg hunting lodge was a castle in what is now the Glücksburg part of Jessen in Saxony-Anhalt . The castle gave its name to the Glücksburger Heide , a forest and heather area rich in game.

history

Elector August I of Saxony had the hunting lodge built between 1576 and 1580. Records report that some of the material came from the dismantled Seyda castle . The Glücksburg was surrounded by a large animal enclosure, from which the Dresden court was supplied. The electors Christian I , Christian II and Johann I ruled the palace from 1586 to 1655. Elector Johann Georg II ruled from 1656 to 1680. He and his son August the Strong used the hunting lodge in the Glücksburger Heide more often for hunting. August's second great lover, Countess Aurora von Königsmarck , often stayed at Glücksburg.

In 1677 an alchemical laboratory was built at the castle, the Glashütte Glücksburg and operated by the alchemist Johann Kunckel von Löwenstern . There were no successes. Instead, Kunckel probably invented the "ruby glass" on the Glücksburg. In the glass factory next to Glücksburg, glass was produced for over 75 years until operations were stopped in 1751 due to inefficiency.

The castle was damaged in the Seven Years' War . Around 1790 the castle was considered dilapidated and was largely demolished after 1808. In the remainder, the royal forest administration set up the Glücksburg chief forester at the beginning of the 19th century. The current building is owned by the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

literature

  • Matthias Prasse: Arcadia on the Elbe river - castles and gardens between Wittenberg and Dessau. Herrenhaus-Kultur-Verlag, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030860-4 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 13 ° 2 ′ 9.1 ″  E