Frauenhain Castle
| Frauenhain Castle | ||
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 Frauenhain Castle, no later than 1856, according to F. Heise and GA Poenicke (eds.) In the album of castles and manors in the Kingdom of Saxony II p.142 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Frauenhain Castle | |
| Creation time : | 12th century, first mentioned in 1284 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Clericals, nobles | |
| Place: | Röderaue - Frauenhain | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 23 '9.5 " N , 13 ° 28' 7.1" E | |
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The castle Frauenhain even lock Frauenhain called, is a Outbound Wasserburg (water tower) and manor in the district Frauenhain the community Röderaue in district Meissen in Saxony .
history
The moated castle was founded in the 12th century and first mentioned in 1284 as the "episcopal court" owned by the bishops of the diocese of Naumburg .
In 1349 the Lords of Koeckeritz sat on the moated castle, with which the Lords of Pflugk were enfeoffed in 1395 . This family owned the castle until after 1720.
In 1587 it was first described as a moated castle, the inventory of which lists a mortar and a powder chamber, and in 1705/1706 there are first images.
In 1780 the castle was sold to the royal Saxon chamberlain von Weissenbach .
In 1945 at the end of the Second World War , the castle was abandoned by its owner, served for a short time as accommodation for refugees and resettlers and was demolished in 1946, used as a quarry and then leveled.
description
The castle was formerly a solid, rectangular building surrounded by walls and moats and was later given a more modern design. The castle stable shows no remains and is now a ground monument .
literature
- GA Poenicke: Frauenhain . In: Album of the manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony. II. Section. Meissner circle . Sturm and Koppe, Leipzig 1856, p. 95 ( SLUB Dresden Online ).
- Reimund Adam: On the trail of the past Castles and knight seats of the Grossenhain care - part 3 Schloss Frauenhain . In: 2004 Großenhainer city and country calendar. Yearbook . Gräser Verlag, Großenhain 2003, ISBN 3-932913-42-6 , p. 51-53 .
- Helmuth Gröger: Burgen und Schlösser in Sachsen , Verlag Heimatwerk Sachsen, Dresden, 1940, article on Schloss Frauenhain with illustration on pages 118–119
Web links
- Frauenhain Castle , bernievancastle.de
- Frauenhain Castle on Sachsens-Schlösser.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schloss Frauenhain, In: Dr. Helmuth Gröger, Heimatwerk Sachsen, 1940, p. 118