Grochwitz Castle
The former castle and manor Grochwitz is located northeast of the former village green of Grochwitz , a current district of Herzberg (Elster) .
history
owner
At the end of the 15th century, the von Frauenhorst family became owners of the village of Grochwitz. In a directory of the Schweinitz office it says:
“Hans and Christoff von Frawenhorst brothers, sat at Grochewitz, sit uff eyrn paurgut themselves, there they drive 5 desert huffin. In their own village they have 19 hufner and 14 kossetin. The hufner raised 12, of which they give 11 shock 11gr. "
The farm estate managed by the brothers was later recognized as a knight's seat after extensive renovations. In 1550, Mila named Cuntz as the owner of the manor. In 1575 he passed his property on to Salomon von Mila. In 1589 the manor came to a Pelikan family, who sold it to a Herr von Wuthenau . Benno Friedrich Brand von Lindau auf Wiesenburg acquired the estate from Albrecht von Wuthenau in 1625 . In the same year the new owner died. The property then came to the court judge of the Electorate of Saxony, Daniel von Koseritz , who gave it to Karl Gottlob von Römer at the end of the 17th century . In 1730, the then chamberlain Heinrich von Brühl acquired the manor and had the building converted into a castle with a castle park. During the Seven Years' War on October 20, 1757, Frederick the Great occupied the property for four days and had it looted by his soldiers. In a damage report drawn up by the court administrator at the time on October 26, 1757, the damage caused is estimated at 34,503 thalers . The following year, on September 7, 1758, Grochwitz Castle was set on fire by Prussian soldiers. In 1761 von Brühl had to sell his Grochwitz property to Adolf Christian Wendler, who passed it on to Georg Gottlieb von Schenk two years later (1763). In 1783 another fire broke out in the castle. In 1789 the electoral Saxon major Christoph Wedig von Barner became the owner of Grochwitz. He died here in 1821. His second wife, Luise von Barner, a daughter of Johann Heinrich Dombrowski , bequeathed the property to her niece Antonie Caroline, wife of Lieutenant Field Marshal Palombini , in June 1821 . The manor remained in the possession of the Palombini family in the following years. In 1938 Baron Kraft von Palombini sold the property to the farmer Hans-Friedrich Diesing from Trautensee near Breslau . After Diesing's death, the Diesing family sold the property in 1940 to Otto Friedrich, former mayor . D. von Schöneiche near Berlin .
Time after World War II
After April 23, 1945, Grochwitz Castle was used briefly by the Red Army , after which it served as an emergency shelter for refugees. In 1945, in the course of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone , Frederick was expropriated and the 442 hectares of the manor were divided up. The building was used for new teacher training from 1946 . Between 1948 and 1977 the castle was boarding the Extended Secondary School Herzberg. After a renovation, various working groups moved into rooms in the castle in 1977 under the direction of the “Young Naturalists and Technicians” station. In 1982 the roof attachment and the clock were renewed.
Time after 1990
On March 14, 1992 there was a fire in the castle. The fire caused by arson destroyed the roof structure, fire extinguishing water destroyed parts of the interior. In 1994/95 the roof and the turret were rebuilt. With the sale of the property in 2004, extensive renovation measures began. Today the castle is operated as a hotel by a private investor.
Others
Architectural style
The castle, built in 1732 under Heinrich von Brühl on the former Grochwitz manor, was originally built in the Baroque style. After several fires, most of the current structure dates from the 19th century.
park
The zoo of the city of Herzberg (Elster) is located at the castle park. The city's zoo festival takes place here every year.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Home calendar for the Schweinitz district, year 1921, page 78ff.
- ↑ http://www.reiseland-brandenburg.de/reiseziel/elbe-elster-land/details/id/10643/theme/az.html
- ↑ http://www.tierparkfest-herzberg.de/
literature
- Karl Pallas: History of the city of Herzberg in the Schweinitzer district. Herzberg 1901
- Local calendar for the Schweinitz district, reprint of the years 1920–1942
- Sybille Gramlich, Irmelin Küttner: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Monuments in Brandenburg. Volume 7: Elbe-Elster district, part 1: The town of Herzberg / Elster and the offices of Falkenberg / Uebigau, Herzberg, Schlieben and Schönewalde. Worms 1998, ISBN 978-3-88462-152-3 , pp. 191 to 195
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 12.8 ″ E