Doberlug Castle

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Doberlug Castle in May 2015. You can see the renovated facade in gray and white.
Putting on the new tower helmet on March 11, 2007

The Castle Doberlug is in the Renaissance style , built with four wings in Doberlug-Kirchhain , Brandenburg, whose origins go back to a convent from the 12th century. Developed as a hunting lodge and later as a mansion, it is now used for exhibitions of art collections. The Rock am Schloss concert event is held here.

history

Coat of arms on the entrance portal

The history of the castle begins with the establishment of the Cistercian monastery "Dobrilugk" in 1165 under Dietrich von Landsberg, the margrave of the East Mark. The monastery existed for almost 400 years until it was occupied and dissolved by Elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen in 1541 . In 1551 Heinrich von Gersdorf took over ownership of the monastery and converted the abbot's house into a four-wing complex in the style of the Saxon Renaissance .

In 1623, Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony bought Dobrilugk for 300,000 thalers and two years later continued the expansion of the castle. Among other things, he completely rebuilt the south wing in 1628. His plan was to use the castle as a hunting residence. But this project was only put into practice by his son, Duke Christian I of Saxony-Merseburg . This inherited Dobrilugk in 1657, with which the castle fell on the sidelines of Saxony-Merseburg . In the same year the construction of the castle tower began; The guest house was built in 1666. Christian I was able to complete the palace in 1676. In 1682 he used it as a mansion for a year, as the plague raged in Merseburg. It was also Christian I who founded the town of Dobrilugk in 1661.

Inner courtyard with a second stair tower

In 1738 Heinrich von Sachsen-Merseburg died at Doberlug Castle, the last Duke of the Principality of Sachsen-Merseburg. Since Moritz Wilhelm von Sachsen-Merseburg had also died seven years earlier and the Saxon-Merseburg sidelines had died out, Dobrilugk fell back to Electoral Saxony in 1738 and became the widow's seat of the Duchesses of Merseburg. From 1743 to 1748 Friedrich August II. And Count Brühl zur Auerhahnbalz were guests. In 1758 Friedrich II stayed in the castle.

Since the castle rooms for civil servants and employees of the Dobrilugk Office were prepared in 1773, the castle served as the seat of the authorities. In 1815, by resolution of the Congress of Vienna , Lower Lusatia became Prussian. The Prussian court, forestry and tax office set up in the castle. After all, the castle served as a prison. From 1857, prisoners were housed on the first floor of the east wing. The prison service rooms were located in other parts of the castle. The first conservation work began in 1906. In 1929 experts found paintings from the 16th century under the plastering of the ceiling in the district court rooms. In 1937, both the castle and the place were renamed Doberlug.

After the end of World War II , the Red Army occupied the castle. From 1950 the castle served as barracks for the barracked People's Police , and from 1959 for the NVA's railway pioneer training regiment . During this time the entire castle grounds were built on with barracks. In 1980, eight years before the NVA left, restoration work took place again.

The Federal Property Office transferred the castle to the city of Doberlug-Kirchhain in 1994. Three years later the Friends of Doberlug Castle eV was founded. A first major restoration phase ended in 1998 with the completion of the demolition work on all external buildings, the paving of the courtyard and a new installation of the lighting system. At the same time, clean-up work and renovations began on the castle moat. In 1999, Brandenburgische Schlösser GmbH began renovating the roofs and facades, which were carried out between 2003 and 2009 (roof) and 2011 (facade). 2001 opened a permanent exhibition. In 2007 a new hood was placed on the small tower in the north-east corner of the building. In 2008 there is an exhibition of the friends' association about the castle in the rooms of the south wing that have already been renovated. Between 2012 and 2014, the ground floor and the first floor were renovated.

View in 2010

In 2014 the Brandenburg State Exhibition on the Brandenburg - Saxon neighborhood from the 14th century to the Congress of Vienna took place in the rooms of the palace .

Building description

The complex has a slightly shifted, rectangular floor plan. The castle, which is surrounded by a dry moat, is dominated by the uniformly brightly painted facades and the red tile roofs. Above all, the dwelling with the striking volute gables characterize the appearance. In the inner courtyard there are two stair towers, the slender tops of which represent the highest part of the palace. The round courtyard fountain can also be found here under a stone gallery on the north facade. Its blasted gable is decorated with lions and the Saxon coat of arms. Forged dragon heads, which act as gargoyles , are enthroned above the inner courtyard .

Exhibition of the Dohna-Schlobitten Collection from 2019

Document Dohna-Schlobitten expansion of the collection in 1917

A unique East Prussian art collection will be shown for the first time in Doberlug Castle for the first time. The Dohna-Schlobitten collection shows significant evidence of European aristocratic culture and could turn Doberlug Castle into a cultural lighthouse.

literature

  • Thomas Drachenberg (Hrsg.): Cistercian monastery and castle complex Dobrilugk. History | Research | Monument preservation. (= Workbooks of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Volume 35). Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86732-233-1 .
  • Matthias Donath : Castles between the Elbe and Elster. 2007, OCLC 315679058 .
  • Iris Berndt, Stefanie Leibetseder: Where Prussia kisses Saxony. Saxon Brandenburg / Doberlug Castle. Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-102-1 .
  • Friends of the Doberlug end: Doberlug Castle - Saxon Pearl in Brandenburg , Flyer, no date, p. 8

Web links

Commons : Doberlug Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefanie Leibetseder: Doberlug Castle - Expression of Wettin rule turned into stone? Establishment of tradition in Saxon residential buildings . In: Thomas Drachenberg (ed.): Cistercian monastery and castle complex Dobrilugk. History. Research. Monument Preservation (=  workbooks of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum . Volume 35 ). Berlin 2016, p. 34-44 .
  2. ^ The Dohna-Schlobitten Collection. (= LR picture series ). In: Lausitzer Rundschau . Lusatian History, April 14, 2017, accessed on April 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bodo Baumert: Doberlug Castle gets a unique East Prussian collection. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. Finsterwalde edition, December 27, 2017, accessed on April 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ Bodo Baumert: Noble treasures finally reunited. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. Senftenberg edition, April 6, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Doberlug Castle receives the East Prussian collection saved in 1945. on: burgerbe.de , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bodo Baumert: Significant evidence of the European nobility. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. Senftenberg edition, April 6, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018.

Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 36.6 ″  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 46.2 ″  E