Hartenstein Castle

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Aerial view of the complex from the south, in the center the ruined core of the castle with a roundabout and gate tower (bottom center), right: outer bailey with its gate tower, 2018
Castle and outer bailey in 1859 (the view here is from the south instead of the east as indicated!)

The Saxon Hartenstein Castle is a ruined castle in the Ore Mountains , southeast of Zwickau in the town of Hartenstein . Not far from the castle ruins is the Stein Castle in the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde . Before it was destroyed, the vernacular called the castle the "Pearl of the Ore Mountains". It was the only neo-Gothic palace in the Ore Mountains.

Various legends entwine around the walls. Ernst II von Schönburg appears as a particularly hard-hearted lord of the castle in the legend of the Wild Count.

history

With the beginning of the rural settlement of the Ore Mountains around 1150, a weir system was built on a plateau above the Thierfelder Bach on imperial territory. This facility was expanded and expanded over time. It probably protected the road that came from Altenburg via Zwickau, Hartenstein, Grünhain and Schlettau to Pressnitz in Bohemia.

The first known owner of the castle at that time was Meinher I. von Werben from the Meinheringer family , who was Burgrave of Meißen in 1173 and who had also founded the cell in Aue . From 1323 the Meinheringer also carried the title "Graf von Hartenstein". In 1406 Heinrich I von Werben, son of Meinher V, got into financial difficulties. On July 2, 1406, he had to take out a loan of 8,000 guilders from Veit I. von Schönburg and transferred the castle and county of Hartenstein to the Schönburger for 8 years with the right of repurchase as a pledge. In 1414 this period was extended by a further two years.

From 1406, the county of Hartenstein with the associated villages, forests and castles was pledged to the Schönburgers . When Heinrich I von Werben was unable to repay the pledge, the Schönburgers became the new masters directly under the imperial government. With a letter to the Bohemian King Wenzel IV (1361-1419), Heinrich I asked von Werben for the enfeoffment of Veit I von Schönburg with Hartenstein, which was finally done on April 30, 1417 at the Council in Constance by the German King Sigismund (1368–1437) was officially confirmed. The county of Hartenstein had already become a Bohemian Reichsafterlehen under the Meinheringer family.

The area of ​​the current Schönburg rulers reached deep into the western and central Ore Mountains, but the territory of the upper county of Hartenstein around Elterlein and the Fichtelberg had to be sold to the Saxon elector in part in 1559 . Already under Veit I von Schönburg (first mentioned in 1370, † between 1421 and 1423), Lord of Waldenburg, Hartenstein Castle was rebuilt. 1388 Veit I of Schoenburg, Mr. Burghart was the stone in Waldenburg besieged by the Margrave of Meissen , as he in the Rabensteiner feud the Rabenstein Castle and the Monastery Chemnitz had invaded.

In 1439 Veit II von Schönburg married Anna von Plauen from the Reuss family . This settles long-term differences between the two families over the ownership rights to the Grafschaft Hartenstein (with the castles Hartenstein and Stein).

On May 4, 1439, with the Pressburg power of attorney, the feudal sovereignty over the county of Hartenstein - with the castles Hartenstein and Stein - was transferred to Electoral Saxony . In 1485, the feudal sovereignty passed over the county of Hartenstein - with the castles Hartenstein and Stein - after the division of Leipzig to the Albertine line of the Wettins . Thus, Hartenstein Castle and Lordship had become an Electoral Saxon Reichsafterlehen of the Lords of Schönburg.

In the 16th century, the castle was converted into a palace under Ernst II von Schönburg (1484–1534), Lord of Glauchau and Waldenburg. The year 1530 and a Schönburg coat of arms stone above the gate of the core castle refer to these modifications. In 1572 Hugo II von Schönburg- Waldenburg († 1606 according to the family list of the House of Schönburg at Wikipedia) had further modifications or repairs carried out. Hugo II became the sole owner of the Hartenstein estate with the castles Hartenstein and Stein on November 21, 1582 through an inheritance agreement. In 1584 the former armory in the main castle was converted into a chapel. In 1606 the castle tower (the core castle) was rebuilt.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Prince Friedrich Alfred von Schönburg carried out a reconstruction in the neo-Gothic style , which was partially reversed in the early 20th century (before 1945). The complex had an oval floor plan and existed until the end of April 1945. In the last days of the war, SS units holed up in the Hartenstein Forest, whereupon the castle was almost completely destroyed by American bombs on April 20, 1945. The remaining buildings in the outer courtyard were used for residential purposes after the war. The ruin itself served as an open-air stage.

Since 2002 the association "Schlossruine Hartenstein eV" has been trying to preserve and partially rebuild the castle.

Altenburg prince robbery

After the prince robbery in Altenburg (on the night of July 8, 1455), a troop of kidnappers under the knights Wilhelm von Mosen and Wilhelm von Schönfeld allegedly handed over the young prince Ernst of (Elector) Saxony to Hartenstein Castle on July 11, 1455 Friedrich XX. von Schönburg (since 1446 Mr. von Waldenburg and co-owner of Glauchau) against assurance of impunity. The kidnappers had to leave Saxony forever (exile). Friedrich XX. leads the prince from here to Chemnitz to his father, the Elector Friedrich the Meek (1428–1464).

According to other sources, the handover should have taken place at Stein Castle near Hartenstein (and the prince was probably only brought to Hartenstein Castle afterwards).

History of the castle chapel

In 1584 Hugo II von Schönburg (1559–1606) had the armory converted into a chapel. The occasion was his great love for his ailing wife Agnes (1567–1588), b. Reuss von Plauen, with whom he lived from 1582 to 1588. The first court preacher here was Magister Johannes Zechendörffer . Otto Ludwig von Schönburg (1643–1701) had the chapel renewed and consecrated in 1696. After his wife, Sophie-Magdalene (1651–1726), b. Countess von Leiningen-Westerburg, the chapel was now called the Sophienkapelle.

Court jester Streitenberger at Hartenstein Castle

Wooden figure of the court jester Streitenberger in the museum of Stein Castle

Under Otto Ludwig von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1643–1701), a dwarf court jester named Streitenberger served at Hartenstein Castle. During his lifetime he was so popular as "Cuff Hans" that after his death a life-size wooden figure was made of him. This figure is now in the castle museum of Stein Castle near Hartenstein. It is assumed that Streitenberger came from Bohemia (it is probably inadvertently contradicting statements that he served at Stein Castle and was the last court jester here).

Castle captains

On December 2, 1586, Johann Heinrich von Lindenau was born at Hartenstein Castle. His father Heinrich von Lindenau, owner of Niederschöna, served as the castle captain of the Schönburgers at Hartenstein Castle .

Former castle and renaissance palace

The preserved buildings of the outer bailey with their gate tower on the east side and the ruins of the former castle / inner bailey - west of the outer bailey - give an impression of the size and importance of the Hartenstein Castle.

Core lock

In the south, west and south-west, the main castle was originally surrounded by a circular wall with a moat and rampart. Obviously medieval or late medieval origins are today (2019) in the ruins of the core castle, the late Gothic roundabout , which protrudes in front of its east side, and the probably even older gate system (gate tower?) Of the core castle at its southeast corner. The gate of the inner castle leads east into the outer castle. Above the Gothic portal (east side / bailey side, entrance to the main castle) there is still an old Schönburg coat of arms stone and the year 1530, which refer to a conversion of the castle into a palace under Ernst II of Schönburg.

A picture of the Hartenstein Renaissance castle on a Schönburg family tree , dated around 1760 (original in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau ), i.e. in the Baroque era, provides further insights into the structure of the former castle complex . Here, at the western end of the castle hill , you can see a transverse, wide building in the style of a palas , a bower or a wide residential tower . This building no longer exists today. It can be assumed that it was a medieval hall. What is remarkable are the similarities to the neighboring Wildenfels castle complex. Wildenfels Castle still shows a transverse high mediaeval palas (dated 1170–1180), here called "Kornhaus", as the oldest preserved part of this castle at the western end of its elongated castle hill. The parallels between the two castles are remarkable in this regard. The historian Leo Bönhoff notes on his map of the "Old County of Hartenstein" for the year 1406 as the main castles of the lower County of Hartenstein, the castles Hartenstein and Wildenfels along with other small castle complexes . In the above picture - around 1760 - the towering central castle is shown as a Renaissance building with several dwelling houses . The roof is surmounted by a tower ( keep ?) In the middle of this building, which has a Welsche hood with a lantern .

The main castle and the presumed hall were enclosed by a curtain wall in front. Between the main castle and the main castle there was a wooden battlement / gallery on the north side of the main castle , which extends to a building attached to the east of the main castle . The roofs and gables of lucarnes the core lock and palases showed the style of the early Renaissance (simple triangular gable ) similar to those of Castle Roch Castle , Lichtenstein Castle and Castle Stein .

It should be pointed out here that the neighboring Lichtenstein Castle owned by the Lords of Schönburg also apparently had a transverse hall at the southern end of its mountain spur (in this southern wing of the castle an old Schönburg coat of arms was found under plaster in the Gothic so-called knight's hall around 2018) This towering south wing is clearly recognizable from old views of this castle.

  • Inner Gothic gate of the main castle (east side) with Schönburg coat of arms stone with the year 1530 and the preserved rollers of a drawbridge

  • To the right of the inner gate of the main castle: Gothic roundabout (in front of it the protected "wedding oaks")

  • Circular wall on the north side of the main castle

Outer bailey

In front of the east side of the main castle lies the outer bailey, the buildings of which are still partially inhabited today (2019). The trench that surely once existed between the inner bailey and the outer bailey was probably filled. The gate tower on the east side of the outer bailey has a doorway facing northeast. This specialty in terms of defense technology, like the pointed arches of the gate walls, speaks in favor of building the gate tower in the Gothic / Late Gothic .

In the area of ​​the outer bailey, on the old view of the renaissance castle around 1760, next to the surrounding wall, a building with the gate tower still preserved today - and the bridge over the ditch of the bailey in front of it - is depicted. Furthermore, a wall encompasses the eastern area in front of the outer bailey, which also has buildings (farmyard).

  • Gothic gate tower with an arched bridge in front on the east side of the outer bailey

  • Former building of the outer bailey on its south side, 2012 (before new building?)

Service yard / Vorwerk

To the east in front of the outer bailey was a farm yard, of which today (2019) buildings still under monumental protection have been preserved. Parts of it can already be seen on the view on the Schönburg family tree - around 1760 - to the left of the outer bailey.

Neo-Gothic palace complex

As the only neo-Gothic castle complex in the Ore Mountains, people called Hartenstein Castle until its destruction on April 20, 1945, the “Pearl of the Ore Mountains”. After the bombs, only the surrounding walls of the neo-Gothic core castle remained. On October 7, 1947, the SMAD order stated that the ruins were to be demolished . This could be prevented by monument protection.

  • Hartenstein Castle, no later than 1856, south view, front / bottom right: gate of the core castle, right of it the area of ​​the outer castle (only one building visible)

  • Castle courtyard (core castle) of the neo-Gothic Hartenstein Castle, lithograph 1837, view to the east

At the beginning of the 19th century, Prince Friedrich Alfred von Schönburg rebuilt the renaissance castle - the former core castle - in the neo-Gothic style , which was partially reversed in the early 20th century (before 1945). This core lock essentially consisted of a three-wing system, a short wing each on the eastern south side and on the east side - towards the outer bailey - and a long wing on the north side. In the south, west and southwest, the main castle was originally surrounded by a circular wall with a moat and rampart. The east wing was an almost rectangular wing of the building, on the south side of which a late medieval Gothic gate portal - with a Schönburg coat of arms stone above it - enabled the passage from the outer bailey into the outer courtyard of the main castle. A narrow north wing connected to the east wing in a north-westerly direction, which established the connection to the west wing. To the south, a building wing that receded towards the inner courtyard bordered the west wing. A small tower jutted out over the northwest roof of the main castle. Its lower part was square, its upper part octagonal. In the 18th century the tower had a baroque dome. In the 19th century, the baroque tower dome was replaced by overhanging battlements in the neo-Gothic style.

At the western end of the short south wing of the central castle, the outer (western) courtyard of the central castle was artistically separated from the inner (eastern) castle courtyard by means of two columns with neo-Gothic arches in the style of arcades .

In 1872 the castle was damaged in a major earthquake.

Remarkable structure

  • Parts of the probably Gothic outer wall of the core castle in the western courtyard of the castle ruins and on their north side.
  • massive Gothic roundabout in front of the east side of the main castle.
  • Gothic castle gate ( gate tower ?) of the core castle at its southeast corner, with Schönburg coat of arms stone and the year 1530 as well as two preserved rolls of a drawbridge above (east side).
  • Ruins / outer walls (partly two-story) of the south wing, east wing and north wing of the main castle.
  • The outer bailey area with parts of the surrounding wall (north side, east side), the Gothic gate tower with ogival Gothic gate walls and, inside over the passage, massive wooden beams.
  • On the north side of the gate tower of the outer bailey, additions of a former battlements (remainder in half-timbered construction) over the surrounding wall.
  • brick arch bridge in front of the gate tower of the outer bailey over the neck ditch.
  • In the outer bailey and in front of it there are several farm buildings (four residential and farm buildings of the former manor, see Obj. 09246197 - August-Bebel-Straße 30, 32, 32b, 32c - in the monument protection list). A building on the southeast side of the outer bailey was probably demolished before 2018 and then rebuilt.

Former gardens, natural monuments and monuments

The preserved gardens with terrace walls and natural monuments (four old linden trees - probably planted in the 19th century - and several wedding oaks) of the Hartensteiner castle area and castle hill slope are under monument protection. There is also a memorial stone for Prince Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1826–1890) on the Monument Trail , erected after 1890, with the inscription: “He tended this forest with love and understanding”. All facilities are under protection, together with the castle ruins and the outer bailey / farm yard, as the “Hartenstein Castle”

In the outer bailey area

In the area of ​​the outer bailey, two old linden trees flank the gate to the inner bailey in front of the east side. There are also two old linden trees elsewhere. A row of old oaks in the outer bailey, planted in 19/20. Century at various princely weddings, most recently in 1945, are also under protection as individual monuments.

  • two old linden trees in the outer bailey flanking the gate of the inner bailey

  • “Wedding oaks” in the outer bailey in front of the roundabout of the inner bailey

Terrace garden on the south side

Terrace gardens on the south side below the main castle, no later than 1856

To the south of the core castle, below this, on the slope of the castle hill, there was formerly an extensive garden, from which the core castle / the castle was also directly accessible:

From the stairway to the inner garden (castle plateau) there is direct access (neo-Gothic wall passage with covered wooden platform and stairs) to the terraced southern slope of the castle hill. The entire southern slope is terraced. In the upper area there are still wide terraces, narrowing towards the bottom with correspondingly different heights of dry stone walls made of natural stone. These terraces have been used as allotment gardens since the GDR era and are still built with arbors. On the measuring table from 1874, the entire Schlossberg is provided with the fruit tree signature.

Former western garden and garden in the main castle

To the west of the main castle, a garden-like structure below the castle hill must have existed for a time. Some ornamental shrubs have been preserved on the north and west walls as well as in the junction of the path leading down the slope as plant relics.

In addition, the western courtyard of the main castle was formerly designed as a garden. The measuring table sheet from 1922 in the 1943 edition shows a small garden area with a roundel on the western castle plateau surrounded by the surrounding walls, the inner garden of the castle. The latter area has been used as an open-air stage since the GDR era. The inner garden on the castle plateau only exists today as a large open space without paths and plantings. It is still used as an open-air stage.

Open-air stage of the GDR in the core castle

After 1945, during the GDR era, the western castle courtyard / formerly was built for 40,000 marks by the Nationale Aufbauwerk (NAW) . Garden transformed into an open-air stage . Public events such as theater performances were held here.

  • “Bauerntheater Hartenstein” with its director Fritz Arnold, 1960 in the castle ruins

  • also in 1960

Say

The legend of the Hartensteiner Freischütz is related to the Hartensteiner Schloss and the lord of the castle, Count Otto Albert von Schönburg.

literature

  • Gerhard Cheap , Heinz Müller: Castles, witnesses to Saxon history. Degener, Neustadt ad Aisch 1998, ISBN 3-7686-4191-0 .
  • Hartenstein Castle. In: Helmuth Gröger: Castles and palaces in Saxony. Heimatwerk Sachsen, 1940, pp. 58–59.
  • Wolf-Dieter Röber : Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications Heft 3, Museum and Art Collection Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, pp. 22–23, illustration on a Schönburg family tree around 1760 on p. 40 (on the history and building history of Hartenstein Castle)
  • Leo Bönhoff: The castles of the Saxon Ore Mountains. In: Glückauf, journal of the Erzgebirge Association. 28th vol., No. 6, 1908, Hartenstein p. 85.
  • E. Geißler: On the history of the castle and the city of Hartenstein. In: Glückauf, journal of the Erzgebirge Association. 15th year, 1895, p. 90.
  • Wolf-Dieter Röber: (Castle) Hartenstein. In: Helmut Bräuer , Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler, Wolf-Dieter Röber u. a: The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture. Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection of Schloss Hinterglauchau. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, pp. 27–29.

Others

There are historical connections to the North Bohemian Castle Hartenstein (originally: Neuhartenstein).

Web links

Commons : Schloss Hartenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “around 1150” in a chronologically ordered list, p. 7, building of Hartenstein Castle
  2. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “2. July 1406 “in a chronologically ordered list, p. 9.
  3. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber : (Castle) Lichtenstein. In: Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler, Wolf-Dieter Röber and others: The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture. Contributions to the history of the Muldenland territory and the county of Hartenstein under the conditions of the Schönburg regional rule. Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection of Schloss Hinterglauchau. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, DNB 942830121 , here p. 24.
  4. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “1388” in a chronologically ordered list, p. 9.
  5. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “1439” in a chronologically ordered list, p. 10.
  6. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entries “4. Mai 1439 "p. 10 and" 1485 "p. 11 in a chronologically ordered list
  7. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Röber: (Castle) Hinterglauchau. In: Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler, Wolf-Dieter Röber and others: The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture. Contributions to the history of the Muldenland territory and the county of Hartenstein under the conditions of the Schönburg regional rule. Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection of Schloss Hinterglauchau. Museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, DNB 942830121 , here p. 22.
  8. ↑ The guild letter of the Glauchau weavers from 1528, in: Series of publications Heft 2, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1980, "Ernnst, Herre von glauchaw vnd Waldenburg" p. 2.
  9. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1981, pp. 22–23.
  10. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entries “1572” a. "21. November 1582 "p. 17.
  11. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1981, pp. 22–23.
  12. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, p. 23.
  13. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “6. February 1446 “in a chronologically ordered list, p. 10.
  14. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry “11. July 1455 “in a chronologically ordered list, p. 11.
  15. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Röber: The chapel in Hinterglauchau Castle. In: Series of publications, issue 10, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1994, pp. 8–15 (remarks on the history of the castle chapel in Schloss Hartenstein, p. 8)
  16. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber, Steffen Winkler: Locks fore and Hinterglauchau. In: Publication series Heft 6, Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1986, p. 8 (comments on court jesters of the Schönburgers), p. 9 (comments on the illustration on p. 12, court jester Streitenberger von Schloss Hartenstein), p. 12 ( Figure of the wooden figure Streitenberger, Museum Burg Stein)
  17. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1981, p. 22.
  18. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications 3, Museum and Art Collection Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, illustration of the Hartenstein Castle on a Schönburg family tree around 1760 on p. 40.
  19. ↑ Wildenfels Monument List No. 09299890 Wildenfels Castle with Palas
  20. ↑ Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler, Wolf-Dieter Röber and others: The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–1991 in the Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. "Bergbau" (Siegfried Pausch), p. 38: Map of the "Old County of Hartenstein" in 1406 after Leo Bönhoff
  21. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series 3, Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, text p. 23, illustration of the Hartenstein Castle on a Schoenburg family tree around 1760 on p. 40.
  22. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications Heft 3, Museum and Art Collection Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, text p. 23, illustration of the Lichtenstein castle on a Schönburg family tree around 1760 on p. 39.
  23. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: (Castle) Lichtenstein. In: Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler, Wolf-Dieter Röber and others: The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture. Contributions to the history of the Muldenland territory and the county of Hartenstein under the conditions of the Schönburg regional rule. Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection of Schloss Hinterglauchau. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, DNB 942830121 , Fig. 3: “Schloss Lichtenstein, etching by Johann Christian Oldendorp 1811/12” on p. 23.
  24. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series 3, Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, text p. 23, illustration of the Hartenstein Castle on a Schoenburg family tree around 1760 on p. 40.
  25. ^ Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Chemnitz 2005, p. 43.
  26. ^ Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Chemnitz 2005, p. 44.
  27. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, p. 23.
  28. ^ Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hartenstein Castle. In: Series of publications 3, Museum and Art Collection, Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau 1981, pp. 22–23.
  29. ↑ Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable . Editors: Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker, Chemnitz 2005, entry "1872" in a chronologically ordered list, p. 40.
  30. ↑ Memorial stone for Prince Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1826–1890)
  31. ↑ "Hartenstein Castle" monument protection area
  32. ^ Wedding oaks in the outer bailey Hartenstein
  33. ↑ Steffen Winkler: The Hartensteiner Freischütz. In: Series of publications special issue. (Legends and legendary stories from Glauchau and the surrounding area), Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1981, pp. 24-25.

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 39 ″  N , 12 ° 40 ′ 37 ″  E