Grossenhain Castle

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The culture palace in Großenhain
The castle before 1642 from the promenade side
The castle around 1860, then used by the Eckhardt brothers' yarn spinning mill

The Großenhain Castle occupies a historic building in Großenhain , Saxony , which today as a cultural center Großenhain Kulturschloss hosts is called and numerous spaces for culture, art, meetings and events. Classical theater performances as well as large symphony concerts, but also cabaret and chanson and jazz evenings take place there.

history

In 1289 the building was described as "one of the most important in the Hayner care". The castle was also the residence of the sons Friedrich and Dietzmann of Landgrave Albrecht the Naughty . In 1291 the castle was fortified as a border house because of its proximity to Brandenburg and a keep was built as a free-standing tower in the 13th century .

On June 26th 1547 the castle was destroyed during a city fire. In 1557, Elector August gave the order to rebuild the building, but it was besieged by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War in 1637 and 1642 and destroyed again. In 1662 the Elector Johann Georg II had the ruins repaired. Wolf Caspar von Klengel then bought "the old Hayn Castle". In the files of the 17th century the building was mentioned as the "castle" of Grossenhain. On May 31, 1663, Elector Johann Georg II appeared in Grossenhain to check the reconstruction of the building. However, the building was damaged again in 1704 in the Northern War and on June 8, 1744 in a city fire. The castle was surrounded by a moat in 1745; its walls are six meters thick and were considered impregnable.

In 1998 the city of Großenhain bought the old castle and expanded it into a cultural center in 2000. It was then inaugurated two years later and is used for culture, art, meetings and events of all kinds. The former keep functions as a walk-in observation tower .

Web links

Commons : Grossenhain Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: The carded yarn spinning mill and cloth finishing of the Eckhardt brothers  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kulturschloss Großenhain - Castle Chronicle on the website of the Kulturzentrum Großenhain
  2. ↑ a b Kulturschloss Großenhain ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website Sächsisches Elbland @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elbland.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '24.9 "  N , 13 ° 32' 0.6"  E