Manor Pölzig
The Pölzig manor is located in the municipality of Pölzig in the Greiz district in Thuringia .
history
A water castle with a village church was mentioned in the 12th century . Around 1800 this facility was still surrounded by a moat . There was also a four-wing farm yard and a castle . It was built from 1686 to 1687. This castle was owned by dukes, counts and princes. In the first half of the 19th century, Pölzig was owned by the brothers Prince Ernst and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .
The development
Several fires around 1895 destroyed farm buildings and a mausoleum with a semicircular altar niche . In 1936 the castle tower was blown up and the castle walls were torn down except for the ground floor that is still present today. The hereditary funeral was canceled three years later .
The expropriation
In 1945 the property was expropriated as part of the land reform . The mansion was demolished. The farm buildings, the manor barn and the brewery were demolished. To this day only the castle ruins, the gatehouse, the washing and baking house and the carriage shed as well as parts of the horse stable, the cowshed and the shepherd's yard have been preserved.
Web links
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 5.1 ″ N , 12 ° 11 ′ 52.8 ″ E