Ehrenberg Castle (Kriebstein)

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Ehrenberg Castle was a Renaissance style castle built in the 16th century (laying of the foundation stone on April 23, 1563) in what is now the district of Central Saxony in Saxony on a hill in the Kriebstein district of Ehrenberg near the town of Waldheim .

Ehrenberg Castle around 1850
View of Kriebstein Castle and Ehrenberg Castle

history

The history of Ehrenberg Castle begins at Kriebstein Castle in the Zschopau Valley . Before 1560, the manorial estates of Ehrenberg belonged to the territory of the Lords of Kriebstein . After the ducal councilor Georg von Carlowitz auf Kriebstein died on May 2, 1550 and his eldest son Christoph had managed the father's legacy until the fraternal division in 1560, Ehrenberg fell to him among four brothers.

Laying of the foundation stone and first change of ownership

There are no documents about the construction of Ehrenberg Palace. April 23, 1563 is mentioned as the day on which "... the first foundation stone at the Errenbergk house, on which the gewelbe stand" was laid by Christoph von Carlowitz . Christoph von Carlowitz died in May 1577 in indebted circumstances, his creditors held various villages by pledge at his death. Before his son Georg Friedrich came of age in 1584, the property inherited from his father was sold by his guardian in 1583 to Wilhelm von Schönberg . He ceded the property in 1607 to his son-in-law Georg Kölbel von Geysing by exchange, who sold it again in 1611 to his brother-in-law Wolff Rudolph von Ende .

After Rudolph von Ende's death , the Ehrenberg rule fell to his sons. It was taken over from them in 1620 by Hans Wolf von Ende , who was declared of legal age that year . He fell on November 8, 1632 during the Thirty Years' War as a cavalry captain in a battle near Bautzen . Under him a revolt arose among the subjects as a result of the compulsory labor and building services imposed on them.

Peasant uprising

Apparently the farmers and gardeners had been burdened with burdens that were not entered in the inheritance book. They refused, and when they were about to be forced into prison, there was a serious riot. The Nossener Office Schösser Horn wanted to arrest some Ehrenberg. They drove the bailiff out of the village with disgrace and disgrace. The penalties gradually increased to 300 thalers and were of course not paid. The administrator Hofmann in Rochlitz should use force. In addition to his 16 landowners, he offered 120 citizens from Waldheim , Mittweida and Rochlitz and moved up with the 163 men to the village of Ehrenberg. There was no man to be seen in the street, only women stood at the gates and pelted the contingent with stones. The citizens entered, fetched a few cows from the pasture, drove them to the castle and moved back to the village. The women were quickly at hand, chased the guards away from the castle and brought their cattle back home.

In the meantime the men from Ehrenberg, Erlebach , Neuhausen , Reichenbach and Schönberg gathered behind the village with spits, forks, flails and other peasant weapons and stood in front of the village ditch. Women and maids jumped up with them and chased everything away because they had not been shown the electoral order to force the land against them. The next day two Ehrenbergers were summoned to Waldheim by the administrator, and the document was to be presented to them. But that didn't happen, they were locked up. No sooner had the news reached the village than men and women stormed into town, vomited the vestry and took their emissaries with them.

1629-1861

The calm could only be restored in 1629, after the establishment of a new register of inheritance. After Hans Wolff von Ende's death, his widow, born von Creutz from the Frohburg family, took over the guardianship of her son Wolff Rudolph von Ende . This, later electoral Saxon Chamberlain, Chamberlain and Bergrat, died in 1678 and left four sons Wolff Gottlob, Wolff Rudolph, Wolff Carl and Wolff August. In the fraternal division, Ehrenberg was accepted by the elder, Wolff Gottlob von Ende . He sold it to Hans von Einsiedel in 1697 . After he died on October 1st, 1700, his eldest son, Johann George von Einsiedel Ehrenberg , took over in 1720 . He died in Bayreuth in 1760 . After his death, his two sons Johann Georg Friedrich Reichsgraf von Einsiedel and Detlev Carl Reichsgraf von Einsiedel owned it jointly for a few years until it was taken over by the younger brother, Reichsgraf Detlev von Einsiedel. Under Detlev von Einsiedel, the former Amtvorwerk Massanei , which until then had held the Ehrenberg manor on a lease with all logs for over 100 years , was inherited and connected to the manor on April 16, 1784. He died on December 17, 1810. He was followed by his son Detlev Reichsgraf von Einsiedel, born in Wolkenburg in 1773, after he had administered the property for the family from 1805 to 1835.

19th century to World War II

After the death of Count Detlev von Einsiedel, who died in Dresden on March 20, 1861 , the property fell to his daughter, Mrs. Johanna Auguste Sahrer von Sahr , who died in Dresden on January 6, 1871, and Ehrenberg, like her other goods , to her husband Carl Heinrich Sahrer von Sahr left behind. He died in 1874 and bequeathed it to his nephew, Alfred Georg Sahrer von Sahr , as the marriage remained childless . He had three children with his wife, Helene Sahrer von Sahr, born in Einsiedel. Johanna Auguste, Nikolaus and Elisabeth Sahrer von Sahr. Alfred Georg Sahrer von Sahr died in 1921, his wife Helene in 1928, and Ehrenberg came to Nikolaus Sahrer von Sahr .

After 1945

Since he and Elisabeth remained celibate and had no children, the Ehrenberg property should go to Auguste, married Welck . But the events after the Second World War prevented this. Land reform in Saxony took place on September 2, 1945, and with it the expropriation of the Sahrer von Sahr family . Elisabeth and Nikolaus were deported to the island of Rügen under inhumane conditions and held captive. The 63-year-old Nikolaus did not survive this. He died of the consequences on December 1, 1945. Elizabeth managed to escape to the then West Zone to Ellwangen , where she studied with the family of Welck found refuge. With the death of Nikolaus Sahrer von Sahr, who did not enter into marriage, and Karl Detlev Siegfried Sahrer von Sahr auf Dahlen , whose marriage remained childless, the von Sahr family died out.

Decay

After the land reform, new farmers moved into the castle. In 1948 the building was demolished except for the so-called chapel wing. This section was still inhabited until around 1988 and then fell into complete disrepair.

literature

  • Frank Brühl: Ehrenberg Castle. A forgotten gem of Saxon architecture . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-831-13460-X .
  • Lukas Daltz: Ehrenberg Castle 1563–2003. Festschrift for the 440th anniversary . Support group Centro Arte Monte Onore eV, Mittweida 2003.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 27.7 ″  N , 13 ° 1 ′ 19.5 ″  E