Frauenprießnitz Castle

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The preserved part of the palace complex

The Frauenprießnitz Castle stands in the town Frauenprießnitz in Saale-Holzland in Thuringia .

history

The castle in Frauenprießnitz was built between 1605 and 1608 by the Tautenburg taverns . In its place was the Cistercian nunnery , which was destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 . During the Thirty Years' War , almost the entire village and the castle fell victim to the great fire on May 17, 1638 . In 1640 the palace was rebuilt by the Elector of Saxony as the new owner of the Tautenburg estate.

In 1776 the justice office was moved from Tautenburg to Frauenprießnitz. As a result, the rent office was also housed in the castle . As a result, the new rent office was built in 1780 using stones from the broken-down Tautenburg . The onion dome and the basement with the barrel vault could still be remnants of the old castle. Tasks of the Retirement Office were the driving duties, rents, measuring money and the organization of labor services . A judge had his seat in the building and there was also a prison room.

Until 1945 the buildings and the land were used as a domain and state property. In 1947, the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) demanded the demolition of the entire complex after the previous owners had been expropriated as part of the 209 order . On July 10, 1948, it was renegotiated and it was decided to keep the main building. All outbuildings were demolished. After that, the former rent office and its surroundings were mainly used to support the agriculture and food industry.

After the fall of the Wall , the community of Frauenprießnitz became the owner of the building, which also uses some rooms.

literature

Web links

Commons : Schloss Frauenprießnitz  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Justice & Rent Office. In: Frauenprießnitz district. Frauenprießnitz community, accessed on September 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Entry on Schloss Frauenprießnitz in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Frauenprießnitz district. Frauenprießnitz community, accessed on September 16, 2015 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 56.2 "  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 58.4"  E