Hinterglauchau Castle

Hinterglauchau Castle (east side)

Castle courtyard with north wing, castle fountain and chestnut tree, view to the west to the west wing

left: eastern part of the south side of Hinterglauchau, renaissance gable with volutes probably dated around 1604 (with archway to the castle Fordglauchau )

Hinterglauchau Castle is a Renaissance castle in Glauchau in Germany. It was built from 1470 on the site of a castle built by the Lords of Schönburg around 1170 and has been the center of their rule for centuries . With the construction of the parts of the building, later called Castle Fordglauchau , the complex was expanded towards the city from around 1525. At the same time the main castle was rebuilt. In the early 20th century a museum was set up in the castle.

Location and access

Both Glauchauer locks are located on the Schlossberg, the front of the east side of Castle Forderglauchau by the so-called Short ditch the so-called City Mountain or the city (Old Town, downtown, historically here right city called) is separated. The Schlossberg is located on the right-hand / eastern slope of the Zwickauer Mulde valley . Both castles are separated from each other by a ditch in front of the east wing of Hinterglauchau Castle. In the south, the Schlossberg is protected by the Hirschgrund / Hirschgraben gorge and in the northeast by the probably natural Mühlberg gorge . The Schlossberg slopes steeply on the south, north and west sides. Hinterglauchau Castle is located on the western end ( mountain spur ) of the Schlossberg, while Fordglauchau Castle is on the eastern part of the Schlossberg. Fordglauchau Castle can be entered via three stone arch bridges and two gates. Hinterglauchau Castle can only be entered via the courtyard of Fordglauchau Castle via a stone arch bridge over its neck ditch. There is also an underground access (“secret” passage) from the Hirschgrund and a gate to the Berggarten on the southern slope of the Hirschgrund.

About the name "Hinterglauchau"

Since the construction of the front castle in 1527-1534, the front one was mostly titled as "conveyor (es) castle" and the rear one as "behind (es) castle". This was also the case with the rear lock until the middle / end of the 19th century. It was probably only after 1900 that the name Hinterglauchau became established for the rear castle.

history

The medieval castle and manor

The castle of Glauchau was built around 1170/80, presumably under Hermann I von Schönburg, lord of Burg Geringswalde and founder of the Schönburg house monastery there , as the center of power of the Muldenland Schönburgers, who expanded their territory from here by clearing. This happened as part of the second eastward expansion of the medieval German Empire. The castle was later located on the western edge of the city of Glauchau, which was planned in the middle of the 13th century, on a mountain spur as a spur castle above the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde . After the city wall was built, the castle and its forework were probably included in the city wall. The Glauchau castle was therefore a town castle . This is supported by a document from 1335, in which the castle and town are jointly titled as "Veste". Below the castle there were probably Burgmann seats of the lower nobility / Schönburgischer Ministeriale , because this area in the lower town of Glauchau bears the name "Wehrdigt" to this day. The citizens living there and probably also ministerials were called “out-of-towners” because the lower town was outside the city wall. A "henric de Gluchowe", who was mentioned as a witness in a document from Burgrave Albert von Altenburg in 1240, most likely belonged to these ministerials of the Schönburger. Already in 1256 there was a first indirect documentary mention of the castle Glauchau, I as Friedrich (1247 erstgenannt documented) of Schönburg-Glauchau a certificate "... in Cenáculo Gluchowe ..." , so the dining room or great hall of the castle exhibited.

Around 1300 the Schönburger acquired the lordships and castles Crimmitschau (with Schweinsburg Castle ), Meerane (castle later declined ) and Stollberg ( Staleburg Castle ). In addition, around 1300 the imperial dominions and castles Glauchau and Lichtenstein were transferred to the Bohemian king with the approval of the German emperor. The Schönburgers received these lordships and castles back as Bohemian Reichsafterlehen and are therefore safe from the Wettins in these lordships .

Glauchau Castle was first mentioned in a document for the first time in 1335: "vnser vestin Gluchow huz vnd stad" .

As a result of an inheritance in 1366 between Johannes I. von Waldenburg and Friedrich von Schönburg- Hassenstein , the Schönburgers became lords of the castle and town of Waldenburg in 1378 at the latest . Friedrich XI. Von Schönburg therefore first called himself Mr. zu Glauchau and Waldenburg in 1378 .

On 25 November 1372 the waived Margrave of Meissen in Pirnaischer comparison in favor of Emperor Charles IV. On their feudal claims to Glauchau, Meerane, Waldenburg and Lichtenstein. The lordships and castles mentioned were now direct Reichsafterlehen , i.e. imperial immediately . The Schönburgs became feudal takers of the empire here.

The condition of Glauchau Castle (later called Hinterglauchau) around 1470 (i.e. before the construction of Fordglauchau Castle ) is shown in the oldest known view of the Glauchau “Castle”, an oil painting in the castle that was formerly owned by Prince Günther von Schönburg-Waldenburg Rohnstock near Freiburg in Silesia .

In 1488 the collapse of a tower on the Glauchau “castle” is mentioned in the chronicle of the Pirna Dominican monk Johann (es) Lindner , also known as the “Pirnischer Mönch” (also quoted in the Glauchau chronicle by E. Eckhardt): “... vnd (MCCCCLXXXVIII) much of the gate on the nyder castle… ” . It is unclear whether it was a donjon. More likely this was the hexagonal tower on the south-west corner of the castle (Hinterglauchau), as this tower was later replaced by a newer hexagonal tower.

Little was known about the appearance and structure of the medieval Glauchau Castle around 1990. Whether the castle Glauchau a dungeon had was not clear. Donjon foundations were not found until 1990. For a long time it was assumed that the Schönburg castles Glauchau and Lichtenstein had dispensed with a keep , since both have underground passages as (assumed) places of retreat. This theory had to be dropped for Lichtenstein Castle around 2018 when the foundations of a square keep - certainly from the Hohenstaufen era - were found. The east wing rear Glauchau was allegedly from the old palace out of the castle. Its east wall, made of bricks, is said to date from the 13th century and was already three-story at that time.

Parts of the Glauchau castle - at least parts of its upper floors - were probably built from half-timbered construction, because on the old south view of both Glauchau castles on a Schoenburg family tree - dated 1600 to around 1760 - half-timbered buildings are still visible on the south side of Hinterglauchau Castle. This condition apparently existed until the late Baroque renovation.

Notes on the foundation of the castle

Since there are no documents from the 12th century for Glauchau (and also for Geringswalde in Schönburg ), the founding date of Glauchau Castle was estimated by historians on the basis of documented mentions of the neighboring castles Meerane and Waldenburg. The existence of the castle in Meerane is quite certain for 1174 . Waldenburg Castle is said to have been built between 1165 and 1172, according to documents from the Altenburg mining monastery. In addition, the place Weidensdorf near Glauchau was first documented in 1161 (according to Walter Schlesinger laid out from 1165). And as early as 1173, new settlements are occupied much higher in the Ore Mountains, near Aue . Therefore, the castle founding in Glauchau is narrowed down by today's historians for around 1170–1180. Schlesinger added 1170 as the date. Since in the 12th century in Glauchau as well as in the entire valley of the Zwickauer Mulde there are no documents from Schönburg , Hermann I von Schönburg is assumed to be the builder. Hermann I von Schönburg (d. 1224/25) is named in a contract between King Otto IV and Margrave Dietrich von Meissen in 1212, along with a number of other royal witnesses (including the royal burgrave of Altenburg ) as the imperial ministerial "ministerialis imperii" . According to historian Walter Schlesinger, it is very likely that it was founded by royal commission (in connection with the expansion to the east in the 12th century ), but there is no documentary evidence of this.

Glauchau as an escort castle

A historic road formerly ran through the small Hirschgrund valley in front of the south side of both Glauchau castles, which was formerly called "Zwickscher Weg" or "von Zwickau" (Meilenblatt 1799). Century as Hirschgrundstrasse. Today's Hirschgrundstraße in the Glauchau Upper Town near the Rosarium no longer runs through the Hirschgrund, at the latest since the Paul-Geipel-Straße was built, with the Hirschgrund being partially filled. According to Walter Schlesinger, the old name suggests a trade route from or to Zwickau. It is unclear whether customs were levied here . According to Schlesinger, the importance of this trade route in the 12th century when Glauchau was founded, as the main trade routes documented from Leipzig via Altenburg to Zwickau and from there to Bohemia, as well as another route from Altenburg via Waldenburg and Lichtenstein to Bohemia led. Customs offices are occupied for Zwickau and Waldenburg .

Fraternal War of Schönburg 1347–1355

From 1347 to 1355, the so-called Schönburg fratricidal war raged in the Schönburg dominions . The brothers Hermann VIII (d. 1356) and Friedrich XI. (died 1389) zu Glauchau fought over the property of their brother Dietrich II (life data unknown). Dietrich had entered the Teutonic Order . Hermann and Friedrich ravaged each other's possessions in skirmishes during this feud . In 1348 Hermann VIII was defeated in Mülsengrund , a valley near Glauchau. When in 1349 the Bohemian line of the Schönburgers marched soldiers from Hassenstein Castle to Glauchau, the population fled to Glauchau town and castle.

Ultimately, Emperor Karl IV commissioned the Meissen margrave Friedrich the Strict to settle the feud.

Partition Agreement 1446

On February 6, 1446 a partition contract between Veit II and Friedrich XX. sealed by Schönburg. Veit received the dominions and castles Lichtenstein and Hartenstein; Friedrich received Waldenburg. The Glauchau castle and manor remained in the common possession of both.

Unification of the dominions of Glauchau and Meerane in 1493

Before 1493, both lordships were combined to form the Glauchau lordship - with administration at the Glauchau castle. The Meeraner castle probably no longer existed at that time.

Vorburg / Vorwerk

Instead of Castle Forderglauchau was formerly a bailey or Vorwerk the Glauchauer castle. Corresponding installations can be seen to a small extent on an old view of Hinterglauchau Castle (before the construction of Fordglauchau 1527–34). In the interior of Fordglauchau Castle, in the east wing, its north extension and in the east part of the south wing, some components have been preserved that date before the construction of Fordglauchau (1527–1534), such as grooved beam ceilings and column-supported vaults .

See also : Castle Fordglauchau # Remarkable structural fabric in the buildings

Rondell (after 1450) and castle kitchen

On the south side of the south wing, a semicircular roundabout / bastion jumps out of the former wall of the castle in the direction of the Hirschgraben. It probably dates from the late Gothic period (certainly after 1450) and should be able to paint this side of the castle . The Schönburg Rochsburg has a similar semicircular roundabout / bastion next to its gate system of the second outer bailey to secure this gate system. There is also a roundabout on the east side of the main castle Hartenstein .

In older views, a high chimney chimney tapering towards the top is bricked up on the Hinterglauchau roundabout. This served as a smoke outlet for a castle bakery or castle kitchen at the time . In the 19th century the property was called the "tower kitchen". The chimney chimney no longer exists today, the roundabout was partially preserved after being gutted in the 19th century when it was converted into a shed .

Rondels with chimney flues are shown on an old Schoenburg family tree , which must have been created between 1600 and 1760 (the original in the possession of the Museum Hinterglauchau), as well as on another old depiction of the castle. Another illustration can be found on the gouache (painting) by F. Wünschmann around 1840 (or around 1855).

See the section: Transformations of Historicism

There is a two-story cellar under the roundabout / Remise, which is currently not open to the public.

Neck ditch

Even today there is a ditch in front of the east side of Hinterglauchau Castle and thus separates it from Fordglauchau Castle . This trench has vertical retaining walls made of natural stone and a (today) straight bottom. It is 10 m wide and (today) 4 m deep. Originally it was probably deeper, because in its eastern retaining wall a kind of arched entrance / portal can be seen at the current floor of the trench - apparently below it. Here, the trench could probably be entered directly earlier, possibly from the cellar facilities in frontglauchau. In the 1980s, excavations were carried out here by the Young Historians Working Group. According to tradition, bears were kept in this ditch in earlier centuries .

In front of the gate in the east wing of Hinterglauchau, a two-arched brick arch bridge made of natural stone spans the moat and thus connects Hinterglauchau Castle with the castle courtyard of Fordglauchau Castle. The wall that separates the neck ditch under the archway (high bridge) between the two castles to the south to the Hirschgraben also has two brick arches. Originally, the neck ditch was therefore partially or completely continuous to the south to the Hirschgrund. The part in front of the south front of the palace complex was later filled in so that this area could be used as a terrace-like mountain garden / herb garden.

Glauchauer Burgmannen

Among the Schönburgers, several families of the lower nobility probably served as servants in the castle. They probably had their own knightly seats in the form of courtyards or houses in the city center, the suburbs and the lower town (Wehrdigt). (According to Walter Schlesinger , today's term Wehrdigt is not derived from defensive , but means from Middle High German “worth” translated “island” or “peninsula”.) “Henric de cluchowe” ( Heinrich von Glauchau ) was already mentioned Document of Burgrave Albert von Altenburg 1240 is mentioned as a witness. Heinrich von Glauchau and Hermann von Graben are named in a document from 1248 by the royal district judge Volrad von Colditz . The von Graben were safe in the desolate, fallen town of Grabowe near Glauchau. The certificate from 1256, which Friedrich I von Schönburg issued in the dining room of the Palas of Glauchau Castle, lists five Burgmanns by name and others without precise naming. So their number must have been large. Named are: Heinrich and Peregrin von Wernsdorf (Wernsdorf near Glauchau ), Rapoto von Mosel and Herboto von Taupadel . Walter Schlesinger suspected that the abandoned small castle "the choice" (tower hill castle?) Near Gesau / Sachsenallee ("castle on the large meadow near Schönbörnchen") was a seat of the Lords of Graben. This castle stable could be located around 1988. “The choice” is still marked on a mile sheet from Glauchau (around 1800).

In a document from 1256 there is also evidence of Heinrich von Naundorf , who was apparently sitting in the desolate village of Naundorf near Glauchau and who must also have been in Glauchau Burgmann at the local Glauchau castle.

In 1409 Hans (von) Posseck's wife was given the Glauchau farm as a personal item. The inheritance book of 1493 names Scherngut, Hilbrantsgut and Lachsgut in Glauchau . A Dietz salmon and a Hildebrand von Trebissen are witnesses in 1363 in a Schönburg document. According to Walter Schlesinger, the former southern suburb of the Hinterglauchau rulership may have originally been the "Lachsgut" of the Burgmann Dietz Lachs mentioned in a document or arose from this. The (von) Scherre (s) are also old residents in Glauchau. In the late Middle Ages or early modern times, the aristocratic estates were evidently moved outside of the city. In 1662 there was a Vorwerk near the upper water bridge on the Zwickauer Mulde in the Glauchau lower town ( Wehrdigt ).

In the vicinity of Glauchau the following noble families also have seats or possessions in the 16th century:

• from the Moselle in Mosel / Niedermosel / Mittelmosel / Obermosel to the manors there (called Kaspar von der Mosel auf Obermosel). In the Middle Ages, Lower Moselle was probably a castle or a permanent house with a moat.
• The Lords of Hausen in Glauchau and Gesau (called Friedrich von Hausen).
• The ones from Kaufungen on Callenberg in Niederlungswitz.
• The von Trützschler probably on the manor El (t) zenberg ("in the altz"), formerly located between Glauchau and Niederlungswitz.
• The (von) Geißler in Gesau, Niederlungwitz, Reinholdshain and Wernsdorf.
• The von Weißenbach (Hans von Weißenbach) in Thurm with the castle / manor there, as well as in St. Egidien, Wernsdorf, Seiferitz, Niederlungwitz and Elzenberg.
• The von Trebissen sat in Glauchau as well as in St. Egidien, Rothenbach, Wernsdorf Dennheritz and Liprandis.
• The von Stange at Crimmitschau also in Seiferitz.
• The one from Vogt (or from Voyt ), in Glauchau, Dennheritz, Seiferitz, Schönbörnchen and Berthelsdorf.
• That of Scherre (s) in / near Glauchau, mentioned since the 15th century.

In the inheritance book of 1493 eight men are mentioned as "having been Hilbrands" - in front of the upper gate. The Hilbrandsgut was possibly identical to the "Lieuthenants Guth" on the miles sheet of Glauchau in 1799, beyond the pottery pit. Before 1536, all the property of the Voigt, Geißler and Trützschler families in the Glauchau district had been bought by the Schönburgers, except for Elzenberg. In 1569 Moritz von Trützschler sold the Elzenberg manor to the Schönburger. The Lords of Hausen sold their Glauchau property to the Schönburger before 1551. In Rothenbach there was still an estate owned by Ernst Freyer zu Rothenbach in the 16th century . In contrast, in 1500 the Schönburgers sold the village of Schönberg and its jurisdiction to Georg von der Mosel, who received it as a Schönburg fief. Also tower has been beautifully burgi MOORISH fief those of Weissbach. In Rothenbach the “White Estate” still exists today, which was later (?) Used by the Schönburgers as a widow's residence. The former sheep farm ("Schaff hope zu Glaucha") near the Reinholdshainer Scheermühle on the former sheep pond (large pond) is said to have been such a knight's seat. The sheep farm at the Großer Teich is still marked on a mile sheet from Glauchau around 1800 . Walter Schlesinger suspected that this “Schafhof” was the “Scherngut” documented in 1493 in the Schönburger inheritance book and that it originally belonged to the von Scherre (s) noble family together with the Scheermühle (first mentioned in 1436) near Reinholdshain , before it later (together with Scheermühle) came into the possession of the Schönburger.

The owners of the free goods in the Glauchau office were in the 16./17. Century obliged to keep muskets and side guard ready.

Castle and rule

Partition contract 1524

On July 13, 1524, Ernst II and Wolf I von Schönburg signed a partition agreement. Wolf I. received the dominions and castles Waldenburg , as well as Lohmen and Wehlen in / on the Elbe valley. Ernst II received rule and castle Glauchau with the city of Meerane , rule Lichtenstein with the castle and rule Hartenstein with the castles Hartenstein and Stein .

In 1528 Ernst II called himself “Ernnst Herre von Schonburgk zu glauchaw vnd Waldenburg” in a document.

In his chronicle in 1530 the Pirna Dominican monk Johannes Lindner mentions the Glauchau castle: “Glawche a place on a mountain, darvnter di czwickesche Mülde fleust, I mile from czwickawe, I from grymnetz, I from meren, I from waldenburg has czum teyl very much tifen ditch, a solid wolerbaute burck, vnder der cronen to behave, arriving, as ouch mere, do a free her, Ernst von Schönburg (MDXXX) his court alloy has held ... " .

Acquisition and exchange of possessions from / with the Wettins 1543 and 1548

In 1533 Ernst II introduced "statutes" and "ordinances" in the dominions of Glauchau and Waldenburg. After the death of Ernst II von Schönburg on September 12, 1534, a guardianship government was established for his underage sons until 1550. On March 21, 1543, the former Schönburg dominions of Hohnstein, Lohmen and Wehlen were exchanged with the Wettins for the new Schönburg dominions of Zschillen (Wechselburg) and Penig , which now became the Electoral Saxon fiefs of the Schönburgers. The vernacular therefore renamed Zschillen to Wechselburg. On October 9, 1543 Schönburger from Ernestine Elector acquired Johann Friedrich I of Saxony nor the rule Remse , which also kursächsisches fiefdom remained. The dissolved Remse monastery was temporarily converted by them as "Remissa Castle (u)".

On January 26, 1548, the Schönburger von Wolf von Ende acquired the rulership and the Rochsburg Castle . Since the division of Glauchau rulership, Rochsburg and its rulership were owned by the "Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (-Rochsburg)" line. At times, a part of the line was named after Rochsburg "Schönburg-Rochsburg". 1900 (extinction of Schönburg-Hinterglauchau in the male line ) rule and castle Rochsburg were transferred to the Schönburg-Fordglauchau line, which was now called Schönburg-Glauchau again .

Partition treaty 1556 and general government

On May 1, 1556, a partition agreement was signed between Wolf II, Hugo II and Georg I von Schönburg. Wolf II received the dominions and castles Rochsburg, Penig and Wechselburg. Hugo II. Lichtenstein and Waldenburg. Georg I received Glauchau and Remse. Hartenstein and Geringswalde remained in common ownership. This is how the lines “Schönburg-Penig-Rochsburg” (with Wechselburg), “Schönburg-Waldenburg” (with Lichtenstein) and “Schönburg-Glauchau” (with Remse) were created. In 1556 a general government in Schönburg was established, which probably had its seat at Castle Fordglauchau.

In 1575, Georg I von Schönburg-Glauchau bought Greßlas in Northern Bohemia. Later Augustus von Schönburg-Glauchau became the owner of Greßlas . In 1604 a house contract between Wolf III. von Schönburg-Penig-Rochsburg, Hugo II. and Veit III. von Schönburg-Waldenburg as well as Georg II. and Augustus von Schönburg-Glauchau closed.

The Schönburg-Glauchau line expires in 1610

On October 3, 1610, the Schönburg-Glauchau line died out with Augustus in the male line. Until 1632 the Schönburgers fought for his inheritance.

Schoenburg fratricide 1617

On November 28, 1617 Otto Wilhelm von Schönburg- Rochsburg (1587–1617) was stabbed to death by his older brother Wolf Ernst von Schönburg- Penig (1582–1623) after a dispute in Hinterglauchau Castle. In order to evade the access of the Saxon judiciary, Wolf Ernst fled. Later there were court proceedings in Zwickau , at which Wolf Ernst was personally present, as he had been guaranteed safe conduct . He talked himself out of self-defense here . Until the end of his life in 1623 he was not prosecuted. Otto Wilhelm's body was laid out in the “Hofe-Chapel” in Hinterglauchau. After that the castle chapel was apparently not used for a long time.

"Glauchau Treaty" 1632

It was not until 1632 that the disputes over the inheritance of the late Augustus von Schönburg Glauchau were settled by the "Glauchau Contract", a house contract between Georg Ernst and Friedrich von Schönburg. In 1640 Hans Caspar von Schönburg owned the Glauchau estate.

In 1666 the Lords of Schönburg sold the Greßlas . Gottfried Ernst von Schönburg was the owner of the Remse estate in 1666.

Peasant Battle of Jerisau 1676

In 1676, on March 29th, the so-called peasant battle near Jerisau took place as a climax of several peasant unrest. The Lords of Schönburg therefore signed a contract with the farmers on October 17, 1681.

Division of Glauchau castle and rule in 1681

On December 2, 1681, the Glauchau lordship was divided into the partial lords of Fordglauchau and Hinterglauchau. Other sources cite the year 1623 for the division of the estate and the origin of the names "Hinterglauchau" and "Fordglauchau". As a separate aristocratic residence, Castle Fordglauchau was organizationally separated from the original complex.

At times there was also a line from Schönburg- Penig- Mittelglauchau, which was founded by Count Wolf Heinrich (d. 1704) and which went out in 1763 with Count August Siegfried. It is unclear whether this line had a residence in Glauchau. A line "Schönburg-Unterglauchau" also existed for a short time with Count Albert von Schönburg-Unter-Glauchau († 1799) (see master list of the gentlemen of Schönburg).

Loss of the imperial immediacy of the rulers in 1740

Due to main and secondary recessions with Electoral Saxony, the Schönburg lordships of Glauchau (Fordglauchau and Hinterglauchau), Waldenburg, Lichtenstein, Hartenstein and Stein lost their imperial immediacy in favor of Electoral Saxony on May 4, 1740 . Since then, they have been called "Rezessherrschaften" (Rezess = court proceedings). In fact, they now belonged sovereignly to Electoral Saxony, but the Schönburgers still had some sovereign rights that were gradually dismantled by Saxony.

Countly Schönburg Castle Company 1757

Allegedly in the Hinterglauchau Palace, Count Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg (1720–1799) set up the Gräflich Schönburgische Schloßcompagnie , a palace guard with a military orchestra, which existed until 1779.

Contestation and lifting of the recession from 1768 and "Glauchau War"

In 1768 Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau declared the recession of 1740 with electoral axes for his rule Hinterglauchau invalid. At his request, Empress Maria Theresia von Habsburg had the 1740 recession canceled on May 7, 1773. On January 24, 1777 troops from the Electorate of Saxony marched into Glauchau and tried to arrest Albert Christian Ernst. Maria Theresa had her troops deployed to Albert's support on the Saxon border. This event went down in history as the so-called "Glauchau War". Albert Christian Ernst fled to Vienna, where he had to live in exile from then on . On May 13, 1779 Maria Theresia renounced in Cieszyn Peace to all oberlehnsherrlichen powers over the reigns Glauchau, Lichtenstein and Waldenburg in favor of the Palatinate . The latter ceded these rights to Electoral Saxony. In 1779 these gentlemen had finally become part of Electoral Saxony.

Inheritance after the counts of Schönburg-Rochsburg had expired in 1825

With Count Heinrich Ernst II of Schönburg-Rochsburg (1760-1825), a well-known breeder of merino sheep , the line of the Counts of Schönburg-Rochsburg died out in the male line in 1825 because he had no son. The rulership of Rochsburg with Rochsburg Castle came into the possession of the Schönburg-Hinterglauchau line. With which it remains until it expires in 1900.

Reunification of the Glauchau rule in 1900

With the death of Count Richard Clemens (1829–1900), the Hinterglauchau line died out in the male line in 1900. Countess Gabriele von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1824–1917) died in 1917. The last Countess of Schönburg-Hinterglauchau was Richard Clemens' second wife, Ida Friederike (called "Frida") (1864–1943), born von Fabrice , who died in 1943. With the death of his father Heinrich von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (* 1794) in 1881, Count Richard Clemens became the owner of the manors and castles of Hinterglauchau and Rochsburg . (His older brother Fritz had already been disinherited in a family intrigue.) Since 1864, this property had been an indivisible family property (inheritance) as a Fideikommiss .

The Fordglauchau line also took over the rulership and castle Hinterglauchau in 1900 and has been called Schönburg-Glauchau again since then. The rulership and Rochsburg Castle also came to the Fordglauchau / Glauchau line in 1900. In 1904 the castle fell to Count Joachim von Schönburg-Glauchau , who lived at Wechselburg Castle .

Building history of the castle

St. Marien Castle Chapel since around 1300

At the current location in the east wing - the oldest surviving wing of Hinterglauchau, probably built at the end of the 12th century or shortly after 1300 - there has been a chapel since the end of the 14th / first quarter of the 15th century at the latest. The oldest documented mention of the chapel comes from 1489 in the will of Ernst I (around 1456–1489) of Schönburg. From the late Gothic construction phase of the chapel, the remainder of the ogival Gothic chapel window vestments can be seen on the outside of the “Bottle” shell tower (apse of the chapel) above its northeastern Renaissance window since the last restoration. Probably around 1550 the older chapel windows were replaced by the Renaissance frame windows. In 1560 there was an organ made by the organ builder Gordian. After the fratricide, the chapel was no longer used for church purposes for a long time. From 1585 to 1861 the secular uses of the chapel room as a storage room and archive took place. After 1585, the use of the room as a chapel is said to have temporarily failed because the various gentlemen had differences of opinion on the preservation and design of the chapel. From 1543 onwards, evangelical services were held here, as evangelical preaching was first held in the Glauchau town church in this year. The use of the room as an archive is documented for the years 1779–1860. When the Hinterglauchau line in the male line became extinct in 1900, the Catholic Schönburg-Fordglauchau line became its inheritance. Therefore, from 1907 onwards, Catholic services were held in the chapel again . From 1860 to 1861 the castle chapel, which was probably already in the Middle Ages, was restored as a sacred space. This went back to the initiatives of Count Heinrich von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau and Alban von Schönburg-Fordglauchau and Count Heinrich's wife, Marie Clementine. The chapel was solemnly consecrated on December 29, 1861. Probably out of fear that the chapel would not be used enough, Marie Clementine built a “St. Marien Foundation ”. The central stained glass window with the Schönburg coat of arms and the year 1861, which was built into the chapel during the restoration in the 19th century, was created by Franz Hänsel from Dresden. It is located above the chapel portal in the courtyard on the west side of the east wing. A second stained glass window dates from 1885. In 1883, Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1829–1900) used 3790 Reichsmarks for restorations in the “St. Marien “. The epitaph erected here for Marie Clementine von Schönburg (1789–1863) is an important object of neoclassicism , created in 1865–1866 by the artist Hugo Hagen . She was the wife of Count Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1794–1881).

Other well-known restorations and color changes / paintings of the Protestant castle chapel are documented in addition to 1861 for 1863, 1911 and 1924. During the last restoration in 1997, under a wooden vault keystone - with the coat of arms of the Burgraves of Leisnig - hidden money from 1863 and a bundle of notes were found. The objects were hidden here during the restoration in 1863.

The two wings of the altar in the St. Mary's Palace Chapel, dated and signed 1512/13 (left with a figure of Peter, right with a figure of Paul), were made by the carver Peter Breuer and were only brought here in 1860. Originally they were part of an altar in the old Callenberg church.

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  Castle Chapel St. Marien with neoclassical epitaph of Marie Clementine von Schönburg (1789–1863)

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  The chapel's apse is located on the ground floor of the “Bottle” shell tower

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  Remains of a Gothic chapel window above the renaissance window of the chapel

Castle dungeon "Bottle"

In the east wing, local history researcher Willy Hahn (in the 1980s?) Located the dungeon of Glauchau Castle in the lower cellar (almost next to the chapel) . Before 1992 it was uncovered by a working group of schoolchildren (AG Junge Historiker) and volunteers.

The dungeon is mentioned several times in documents as "Spund (t) bottle" / "Spunt bottle" (1517, 1518) or "Bottle" (1536), e.g. B .:

"Wolf Rattenburg and Ilgen Beyer von mehr (meaning Meerane ) are through Barthel Beyern zcum Schönburgk (meaning Schönberg near Glauchau), Kunz Gräser, Urban Graefen, and Clemens Keller von Pfaffenrode (Pfaffroda near Glauchau) and Barthel Beyern from the kotel ( Place Kötel) on this Wednesday after Viti Martyris (meaning June 15) of the xvij th year from the bungee bottle , so that they might have threatened to kill old Hans Breuern zcw more (Meerane) and Georgen Breuern his son. "

- Loan book for 1514, addendum for 1517

In 1518 an Ulrich Milde sat for two days in the "bung bottle" because he had beaten his wife for no reason and because of boredom he had smashed the windows of his house. When friends vouched for him , he was released against the promise that he would now behave in accordance with the law.

In Lehnbuch of 1526 is a text that the Glauchauer executioner Lorenz Reinhart for cleaning / emptying of the "secret Gemache" ( abortion ) and the "Spuntflasche" was responsible on the Glauchauer castle, as often as is necessary.

In the court book of 1537 it says that the penalties are to be paid "with the consent of the spontaneous bottles".

Originally it was only accessible from above via a fear hole . A narrow staircase into the dungeon was probably built later. The fear hole is framed with conically arranged stones . Possibly it could be closed with a suitable stone. The dungeon is a small room measuring 3.35 mx 4.20 m. Its ceiling shows a pointed barrel vault with the built-in fear hole. There used to be a cellar above the fear hole.

The bung bottle served as a prison and detention center . The Landknecht, a police officer, who was subordinate to the Schönburg bailiff / captain, was responsible for looking after the prisoners. The bailiff / captain was practically a judge who decided in the proceedings about prison sentences or fines or a release from prison.

The dungeon has been restored and can be viewed from above through the fear hole as part of a museum tour. The entrance (door) to the fear hole is located in the castle courtyard to the right of the entrance to the “St. Marien ”- in the east wing - through a narrow, low corridor.

The vernacular transferred the term "bottle" later to the shell tower (chapel apse) with the tower knob (spherical tower helmet).

Medieval corridors and cellars

Under the castle courtyard - at a depth of about 13 m - there are medieval cellars and a "secret" exit opening into the nearby Hirschgrund - apparently designed as an escape tunnel. The corridors are carved in a pointed arch into the red-lying area and have an opening into the shaft of the castle fountain. Side niches have been created at regular intervals. They probably served as a storage cellar. The complex is said to have been built by miners, its exact age is unclear, but is to be assumed because of the ogival style of construction in the Gothic period . The corridors can be viewed on special dates such as the Open Monument Day .

Since it was secured by miners (after 1990), the “escape tunnel” with the exit in the Hirschgraben can also be visited. A TV production took place in the corridors in 2016 and was published in 2018.

Fabulous

According to old oral traditions, there is said to have been an underground passage from Hinterglauchau Castle to the Glauchau Superintendentur (today's Protestant pastor's office next to the Georgenkirche) and further to the Georgenkirche. According to the current state of research, this can be ruled out.

Reconstruction and expansion as a castle around 1470 (late Gothic)

The condition of Hinterglauchau Castle around 1470 (i.e. before the construction of Fordglauchau Castle ) is shown in the oldest known view of the Glauchau “Castle”, an oil painting from Rohnstock Castle . The collapse of a tower of Glauchau Castle in 1488 is recorded by the Glauchau chronicler Ernst Eckhardt. It is unclear whether this was a keep. The historian Walter Schlesinger suspected a connection with the collapse of the castle tower and the conversion to a late Gothic castle. When the construction of the larger aristocratic residences in Saxony began around 1470/80, the headquarters of the Lords of Schönburg was expanded into a castle in keeping with their status . At that time, a closed complex was built around an approximately triangular inner courtyard, which was separated from the plateau of the city and the outer bailey by a ditch . Between around 1480 and 1485, the east wing of the palace was redesigned under Ernst I (around 1456–1489) shortly before his death. Its roof structure was dendrochronologically dated to 1483/84. The east wing received a large ballroom (" knight's hall ") with a grooved beam ceiling on the upper floor. In addition, a three-storey north wing was built. Existing components show the forms of the court architect Arnold von Westfalen from the Electorate of Saxony in the transition from late Gothic to Renaissance . It is unclear whether this famous master builder, creator of Albrechtsburg , actually worked here. The south-western end ( gable side ) of the arched north wing "angled" to the south-west had a late Gothic stepped gable with blind arches until a Baroque renovation (1764–1765) . This late Gothic gable, which no longer exists today, can still be seen on a picture of both castles on a Schönburg family tree, dated around 1760. The hexagonal Gothic tower on the northwest side of the north wing is also shown, which was later replaced by a new hexagonal tower.

Older images from this period show an area of ​​the outer bailey towards the city (east side in front of the east wing).

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  Late Gothic arched curtain windows (around 1480/85) on the east wing of Hinterglauchaus

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  Walled up arched curtain window from the late Gothic construction phase around 1480/85, north wing

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  Fireplace (with coat of arms von Rieneck and von Schönburg) in the late Gothic knight's hall (approx. 1480/85)

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  Knight's Hall with beamed ceiling and curtain arched windows, east wing

Conversions and extensions around 1525 (early Renaissance)

On February 5, 1525, Ernst II von Schönburg (1486–1534) was appointed Privy Councilor for Duke George of Saxony . From 1524/25 onwards, the stonemason and sculptor Andreas Günther worked under him at the castle. At that time, the system was given a completely new look that still shapes it today. From around 1525 the north wing was extended to the east and provided with a large gable with rounded arches. At that time, the main castle received its east facing facade. In the east wing is the castle chapel with a semicircular apse that extends into the former moat area. A bay-like tower with a window and an imaginative dome with a spherical finish rises above this.

At the same time, from around 1525/27 to 1534, under Ernst II von Schönburg, what was later to be known as the Fordglauchau Castle was built as an extension in the outer bailey area east of the core castle . The new building consisted primarily of a two-storey east wing with numerous dormitories that shaped the exterior , a shorter north wing and a stair tower at the junction. Economic areas were planned on the ground floor; probably stately living quarters on the upper floor.

The north wing on the ground floor on the courtyard side - from the early Renaissance period - still has two branch portals, each with two seating niches.

A part of an originally larger coffered ceiling has been preserved in Hinterglauchau Castle from around 1550 . From the former 91 fields, 26 preserved fields could be restored around 1980. The individual fields show 23 colored female heads in Spanish millstone ruff and partly toque , a female child's head in the same manner, as well as a feather-adorned head, which is supposed to represent an Indian woman . All heads are framed by scrollwork ornaments and garlands with stylized flowers and fruits. After restorations, the knight's hall and the Renaissance coffered ceiling in the east wing could be viewed again in 1980.

Around 1604, the two mid-houses with volute gables were built in the southern part of the east wing.

As recently as the 18th century, a picture (Schönburg family tree, probably created between 1600 and 1760) of Castle Fordglauchau and Castle Hinterglauchau - from the south - shows that there was at least one toilet bay on the south wing of Hinterglauchau .

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  Branch portal of the early Renaissance around 1525 in Hinterglauchau Castle (left: coat of arms of Rieneck, above: coat of arms of Schönburg, right: coat of arms of the burgraves of Leisnig)

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  Renaissance window on the shell tower "Bottle"

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  Helmet with a spherical finish on the "bottle" shell tower

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  Renaissance windows , columns with tendrils and fools' heads under the bay window on the east side of the north wing

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  Renaissance stair tower on the east wing, with keel arched gables and hexagonal tent roof

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  surviving parts of a painted coffered ceiling, around 1550

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  Dormitory of the east wing with volutes , probably built around 1604

Former sgraffiti of two mercenaries

Probably until around 1953/54, two colored Landsknecht figures painted on the outer wall could be seen on the east side of Hinterglauchau's north wing - i.e. from the courtyard of the Fordglauchau Castle - to the left and right of the lower windows of the two-storey bay window of the early Renaissance . They were most likely attached directly or (more likely) a little later when the castle was remodeled in the early Renaissance style. They must have been painted on the wet plaster using the sgraffito technique (al-fresco). Old pictures of the castle, paintings from the 19th century (the oldest known is a watercolor / gouache from around 1840 by Friedrich Wünschmann , cover picture of the mentioned literature source) as well as postcards / photographs from the period up to around 1945 still show these two mercenaries. They were shown standing with their legs apart in the costume of that time. The one on the left (as seen from the viewer) held a halberd in his left hand facing the bay window, the right also a halberd in his right hand facing the bay window. Their heads looked at the bay window. They were positioned close to the bay window and therefore flanked it. Both also had a short, two-edged mercenary sword with a spectacle-shaped crossguard , which, in addition to their costume, dates the images to the first half of the 16th century. It is believed to have originated around 1530/35. A development in the period of romanticism can u. a. due to the attention to detail and the overbuilding of the tops of the two halberds by a cornice attached later . The color scheme could no longer be determined with certainty. Presumably shades of red and brown were used. Apparently these wall paintings were lost around 1953/54 during renovation work on Hinterglauchau Castle. At this point the plaster may have become brittle or only loosely attached. The exact circumstances are unclear. Before the painting and plastering were destroyed, the outlines of the figures were painted in monochrome / black in original size by the Glauchau painter Friedrich Lindig using the "tracing method".

Since comparable wall paintings from the early modern period - on outside walls - are not known in Central Germany, they are likely to have been works of art of national importance. Comparable wall paintings from 1532 (hunting scenes with dogs and a tent camp) have been preserved in the southwest tower of the castle in Strehla . On the upper floor of a medieval residential tower at the old Geithain rectory - near the Nikolaikirche - there are wall paintings dated from 1562 a. a. of three bare-breasted women in the so-called "Kalandstube".

Graffiti from the 16th century in the "Weinstübchen"

In 1994, a number of graffiti and signatures from the 16th century were discovered in the so-called "Weinstübchen" (or drinking room) - at the entrance to the cellars and underground passages of the castle . Noble visitors from different families with the gentlemen von Schönburg zu Glauchau and Waldenburg immortalized themselves on the ceiling and walls of this drinking room with their name, date and motto . So far (as of 2017) only a small part has been restored and permanently exposed. Among them are two signatures of Count Schlick from the 16th century. From around 1515/16 Wolf I von Schönburg (1482–1529), Count Schlick and Burgrave Alexander von Leisnig were jointly involved in founding the mining town of St. Joachimsthal . The sister Elisabeth (1484–1522) of Wolf I von Schönburg married Hieronymus II von Schlick.

The gentlemen von Hohenthal , von Ende (?) And von Karlowitz have also immortalized themselves here. The von Schlick together with those of Schönburg founded the mining town of St. Joachimsthal around 1520 , this is probably the background of the graffiti of the von Schlick family.

Heraldic panels on and in the castle (end of 15th / beginning of 16th century)

On the bay parapet of the east side of the north wing (from the early Renaissance period ), on the keystones in the castle chapel “St. Marien ”(partly 19th century) as well as on the first floor of the east wing on keystones (early Renaissance) and by the fireplace in the late Gothic knight's hall (15th century) there are coats of arms that show the coats of arms of the Lords of Schönburg as well as those of other families. For example, the coat of arms of the Counts of Rieneck and the Burgraves of Leisnig on the bay window . The Rieneck coat of arms refers to Anna von Rieneck (1461–1525), who was married to Ernst I. von Schönburg zu Waldenburg (1456–1488). Her son was Ernst III. von Schönburg zu Waldenburg (1486 - September 12, 1534). As here on the bay window of Hinterglauchau Castle, there is a combination of Schönburg and Rieneck coats of arms on a Gothic St. Mary's altar in the nearby village church of Schlunzig . Anna and Ernst I. donated this altar. There is also a Rieneck coat of arms in the Ziegelheim pilgrimage church , as Anna von Rieneck owned the Ziegelheim Vorwerk as a widow's residence.

On the keystones in the chapel, in addition to the coat of arms of those of Schönburg, the coat of arms of the Burgraves of Leisnig and both of them also on the upper floor of the east wing, that of those of Leisnig (wrongly from Saxony) on the keystone of a radial ribbed vault. The wife of Ernst II von Schönburg, Amabilia (1508–1569), came from the family of the Burgraves of Leisnig. They married in 1526. Amabilia died in 1559. On the bay window there is a stylized pomegranate between the coats of arms of those of Schönburg (left) and von Leisnig (right) . The coat of arms was added in the first third of the 16th century, probably 1527–1534 under Ernst II of Schönburg.

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  East side of the north wing with the bay window , buildings of the early Renaissance including the gable with half and quarter circles

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  Erker Detail ( alliance coat of arms , left: beautiful burgi MOORISH arms, right arms of the Viscount of Leisnig)

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  Coat of arms of the Counts of Rieneck on the bay window

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  (Alleged) coat of arms of the Burgraves of Leisnig on the 1st floor of the east wing of Hinterglauchau

Baroque renovations from 1720 and from 1752

Under Otto Ernst von Schönburg (1682–1746), around 1720 two rooms on the upper floor of the east wing were decorated with baroque interior design.

In the 18th century, Count Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg (1720–1799) carried out extensive renovations in Hinterglauchau Palace. 1763–64 violent storms shifted the roof structure of the old north wing, which was in danger of collapsing. The north wing was removed down to the ground floor under Albert Christian Ernst from February 1764 and then rebuilt. At that time, generous series of rooms were created, which are accessed via a late Baroque staircase. In order to be able to reduce the room heights, a mezzanine was built in here. The hexagonal south-west corner tower (from the late Gothic period) on the north wing, which was in danger of collapsing, was largely demolished and then rebuilt as a hexagonal. He received a baroque hood. In 1764/65 the west wing (western extension of the north wing) was demolished and rebuilt, and the old half-timbered corridor (battlement?) On the south wing was also removed. In addition to the already mentioned Gothic hexagonal stair tower, the gable of the west wing was also removed. It was a late Gothic blind arch gable , which can still be seen in a picture of the castle on a Schönburg family tree (created between 1600 and 1760) (original in the castle museum).

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  Late baroque window reveal with band and fittings ornamentation from approx. 1750, painted stucco ceiling, 1st floor north wing

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  late baroque staircase in the north wing

Transformations of Historicism

Hinterglauchau Castle from the southwest, around 1856 (right: Fordglauchau Castle)

The low south wing was built in the Tudor Gothic style in 1864–1865 . It contains the remise , which was created by removing the old castle kitchen ("tower kitchen") / castle bakery in the old roundabout of the castle complex. The late Gothic roundabout was gutted to make room for the carriage shed. Under Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1829–1900), the rooms on the first floor of the north wing were refurbished after 1885. The epitaph of Marie Clementine von Schönburg in the palace chapel is an important object of historicism ( neoclassicism ) by the artist Hugo Hagen .

The color concept of the west wing around 1870–80 suggests a surviving black and white photograph by the photographer Hermann Heckmann (* 1836 in Berlin) from the south side of Hinterglauchau. Accordingly, the window frames were painted white or plastered and the rest of the outer facade was a bit darker, probably beige or light gray.

Horse stable, old and new castle kitchen and new coach house 1863/64

In 1858 a horse stable was set up in Hinterglauchau Castle (probably in the old south wing).

A castle kitchen / bakery was located in the roundabout of the Gothic castle on the south side of Hinterglauchau at the latest by the middle of the 15th century . Up until around 1863/64 there was therefore a high, bricked-up fireplace / chimney of this old castle kitchen, which at that time was called the "tower kitchen". In 1863/64 the chimney was removed during renovation work on the south wing, the old castle kitchen was removed and the roundabout was expanded to a carriage house for the count's family's carriages by gutting it out . In the roundabout, the new coach house, a brick floor was installed in 1864. In the 1920s a concrete floor was installed in the coach house and a gasoline separator for use as a garage for automobiles. This "Petrol Separator DRGM SYSTEM PASSAVANT" still exists here today and is visible as a round cast iron cover in the Remise. Parts of the brick floor from 1864 were secured during restoration work in 2005.

A new, smaller and modern kitchen was set up around 1864 on the ground floor of the eastern extension of the north wing - in the direction of the courtyard of Castle Fordglauchau. So below the balcony with the coat of arms.

Old and new laundry room

An older laundry room is said to have been on the ground floor of the eastern extension - on the south corner of the east wing (below the bridge-like archway between the two castles). When the south wing was being converted, a new laundry room was set up in the south wing. Today (2020) there is a "herb shop" in place of the old laundry room, which is open from time to time.

New south wing and Berggarten Hinterglauch from 1874

On the south side of the south wing there was the terrace-like so-called mountain garden in the 19th century , which was a purely functional garden (kitchen garden) for growing herbs and vegetables. There were temporarily two greenhouses here. One greenhouse was built directly on the south side of the east wing of the castle between its supporting pillars, the other stood in the middle of the garden.

When the south wing was rebuilt in 1874 under Count Heinrich von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1794–1881), a servant's room, a gardener's apartment and the new laundry room were added to the 17-meter-long building (south wing with flat roof) adjacent to the remise (formerly Rondell) built-in. A staircase in the thick wall of the Rondell / Remise originally connected the mountain garden with the Hinterglauchau castle courtyard. The courtyard side of the south wing was designed in neo-Gothic style in the Tudor Gothic style . This facade was completed at the end of 1874 and shows (e) windows and door frames made of sandstone as well as battlements crowning the flat roof . The courtyard front of the new neo-Gothic south wing was already shown in 1872 in the watercolor “Hof in Glauchau”, drawn by Countess Gabriele von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1824–1917), a born princess of Windisch-Graetz. The garden front of the new south wing had four simple rows of two-story windows.

A painting ( gouache ) of both palaces by Friedrich Wünschmann - around 1855 - already shows the mountain garden. Both greenhouses apparently did not exist yet. A surviving photograph by the Glauchau photographer Hermann Heckmann (* Berlin 1836) from around 1870–1880 shows the south side of Hinterglauchau Castle with the mountain garden and both greenhouses from the Hirschgrund Bridge (original in the possession of the Castle Museum). Count Heinrich paid 4595 thalers to the Glauchau master mason Ernst Heinrich Wittig for the construction work on the new south wing and the new coach house in the roundabout. Master carpenter Kähler received 1407 thalers and the Glauchau master slater Christian Emmert initially received 343 thalers, of which he later repaid 7. The original slate flat roof of the south wing was later replaced by roofing felt and ultimately by a sheet copper roof.

A bathhouse and an orangery are said to have existed at times.

From 1998 to 2000 the mountain garden was restored as an ABM measure . After that it was used temporarily by the owner of the herb shop in Schloss Hinterglauchau. The Berggarten is currently (2020) not open to the public.

Apartments after 1945 in the east wing

On the first floor of the east wing and on the first floor of its eastern extension on the south corner (formerly the old laundry room, today the “herb shop”), there were several apartments for displaced persons after 1945 .

Restoration work after 1945

In 1945, after a fire, the fire brigade prevented the roof truss fire from spreading at Castle Fordglauchau. As a museum, the complex was protected from war-related looting.

Restoration work was carried out on the east wing of Hinterglauchau as early as 1953/54. Around 1953/54 restoration measures and apparently major changes were carried out on the east side of the north wing on the bay window and its upper cover as well as on its gable. The late Gothic tracery parapet - as the upper end of the early Renaissance bay window - was exchanged for a small pitched roof. In addition - as old photos show - the entire plaster on the east side of the east wing and apparently also on the east side of the north wing was removed and then plastered again. The two Landsknechts images on the east side of the north wing next to the bay window were also lost.

1987–1991 renovation work took place in the inner courtyard, and some heavily weathered door and window frames from the late Gothic and early Renaissance on the north wing on the ground floor were replaced with copies. In 1996, restoration work on the north and north-west sides of the north wing was completed. Restoration work was carried out on both castles between 1998 and 2008. Around 2005 the coach house in the south wing of Hinterglauchau Castle was restored. A finding pit was dug here, in which parts of the old castle kitchen were found at a depth of 0.75 m, which can now be visited. In addition, the remains of a brick floor from 1864 have been preserved for restoration.

Findings on the castle complex and the late Gothic castle

As already mentioned, little is known about the structure of the former (medieval) castle complex.

During restoration work in August 2005 on the shed in the former late Gothic roundabout of the castle, an approx. 1 m × 1 m large and 0.7 m deep pit was dug. At this depth a pebble floor (made of round river rubble , laid in sand) of the old castle kitchen and the edge of a medieval hearth were found. This pit can be seen in the southernmost "corner" of the roundabout / Remise. In addition to these late medieval findings, a younger stone floor made of bricks was cut.

Part of the collection of stone monuments ( lapidarium ) of the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau is the fragment of a stone column with a base , which was found in Schloss Hinterglauchau at an unknown time and under unknown circumstances. The column is probably from Chemnitz porphyry - tuff . A log of the Institute for Monument Preservation Dresden from 1974 states that an ashlar stone was built into the masonry of the east wing of Schloss Hinterglauchau, which could probably come from an ogival Gothic double arcade (double window) from the early Gothic period. It could be this column fragment. The medieval predecessor of today's east wing to a three-storey palace , as plastered brick building with well-high pitched roof have been. Here this column would presumably have been part of a double Gothic window.

In addition, the preserved underground corridors and cellars under the castle courtyard (in ogival Gothic construction), the fountain in the castle courtyard and the chapel “St. Marien ”as well as the dungeon , both in the east wing, certainly of medieval origin.

From the phase of the conversion to a residential palace in the Saxon late Gothic style under Ernst I von Schönburg from around 1470, late Gothic arched curtain windows on the east side and west side / courtyard side of the east wing (formerly the medieval palace!), Especially the windows on the upper floor, still testify today of the knight's hall. Gothic windows and doors can also be found on the eastward extension of the north wing and in the castle courtyard. In the ground floor area, however, they were partially replaced by copies (as were the door frames from the early Renaissance in the castle courtyard until 1991). On the stair tower in the southeast corner of the courtyard there is still a Gothic door and Gothic windows on the ground floor and first floor. The upper part of this tower probably comes from the Renaissance or was rebuilt accordingly. A Gothic door on the courtyard side of the east wing has been preserved on the upper floor and apparently provided access to a no longer existing building in the courtyard, an external staircase or a battlement. Apart from that, there are still late-Gothic stone fragments of a bay parapet , which was probably still preserved until 1953/54 and was then removed, in the collection of the lapidarium of the castle museum. This bay window on the east-facing facade of the north wing of Hinterglauchau - facing the courtyard of Fordglauchau Castle - has since had a flat roof instead of the late Gothic stone structure in the form of an ornate balcony / arbor .

The currently best information about the former construction of the Glauchau castle complex of the Gothic / Late Gothic period is provided by a partially colored view of the south side of both castles, which must have been built between 1600 and 1760 and is shown on an old Schoenburg family tree together with other castles. The original is in the possession of the Hinterglauchau Castle Museum. This view shows a Gothic hexagonal corner tower (replaced by a hexagonal baroque new building in 1764/65) on the south-west corner of the castle with the adjoining late Gothic blind arch gable on the south side of the west wing, the roundel / tower kitchen with the bricked-up fireplace / chimney of the kitchen / bakery as well as a half-timbered corridor , which on the south side of Hinterglauchau apparently adjoins the hexagonal Renaissance stair tower (in the southeast corner of the courtyard). This hallway shown is reminiscent of a battlement path. The Renaissance stair tower still has Gothic door and window frames in its basement. The objects mentioned were removed either in 1764/65 or during renovation work in the 19th century. In addition, reference is made to the oldest surviving view of the (later rear) Glauchau Castle, an oil painting, dated around 1470 - before the construction of Fordglauchau Castle -, now located in Rohnstock Castle in Poland.

Museum history

A municipal museum had existed outside the palace since 1884. This museum was sponsored by Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1829–1900). After the Hinterglauchau line had expired in 1900, Count Joachim von Schönburg-Glauchau (1873–1943) offered the city of Glauchau in 1929 to provide rooms for the establishment of a museum in Hinterglauchau Castle. The negotiating partners were the mayors of Glauchau, Ernst Otto Schimmel (1889–1930) and Walter Flemming (1890–1947). A contract was signed that same year. As a result, there was already a museum in the castle in the 1930s. In the Great Depression , it had to be closed.

The art collection of the Altenburg art collector Hans Löbe (1870–1947) contained important late Gothic works by various artists. When Hans Löbe sold parts of his collection to various museums, some objects came into the possession of the museum and the Hinterglauchau Castle art collection in 1937. These include paintings or late Gothic carvings by Peter Breuer , Franz Geringswald (from Altenburg, † 1540), Jacob Naumann (from Altenburg, † 1510), Peter Naumann (also from Altenburg) and the master of Meßkirch .

The castle and city museum, today the "Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau", was later reopened on June 27, 1940 and after the fire in Fordglauchau on October 20, 1945 on the initiative of Glauchau's Lord Mayor Walter Flemming (1890–1947). In 1940 mainly historical dollhouses were exhibited in the south wing , which earned the museum the nickname “Children's Museum”. In 1941 the medieval historian Walter Schlesinger gave the lecture The historical prerequisites for the founding of the Glauchau town in the castle museum .

The permanent exhibition on Georgius Agricola , the most famous Glauchauer, has existed here since at least 1940. The donated mineral collection and the art collection of the Dresden medical professor Paul Geipel (1869–1956) have been part of the museum since 1950 at the latest.

Since 1978 the Museum Hinterglauchau has maintained the youth club “Fine Arts” under the direction of Anke Winkler and later under Wolf-Dieter Röber . After restorations, the knight's hall and the Renaissance coffered ceiling in the east wing could be viewed again in 1980. In addition to the restorer Werner Pitschler, carpenters from the sponsorship company VEB Glauchauer Kammgarnspinnerei were involved in this restoration, who made the new frames for the coffered ceilings. After 1980, two restoration workshops for furniture and paper documents were set up in the north wing.

Shortly before or around 1990, the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Junge Historiker” (Working Group for Young Historians) made up of Glauchau students, which had existed since 1979, under the guidance of museum employee Steffen Winkler , exposed the castle dungeon in the basement of the east wing. A lot of rubble / rock had to be removed.

From 1990 to 1991 the special exhibition The Schönburger, Economy, Politics, Culture took place, for which the book of the same name was published in 1990. In 1991 two restoration workshops for graphics and archival documents were set up on the ground floor and the attic (of the north wing?). In 1999 the newly restored St. Marien Palace Chapel was opened to visitors. In 2004 the Glauchau Museum (today the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau) celebrated its 120th birthday. An aerial photo map of the double lock system was issued for this purpose. In 2001–2002, the Count's calash was restored (around 1870), which has been on display since 2007 in the “On the Road” exhibition in the newly opened coach house. Since 2016 the art exhibition "Romanticism to Impressionism, Masterpieces from 100 Years" has been shown.

Castle courtyard with castle fountain

The courtyard is largely triangular, as it is enclosed by the three-wing complex consisting of a straight east wing (with a gate), a straight, low neo-Gothic south wing and a long north wing and west wing that "kink" arched to the south-west. In the courtyard there is an old horse chestnut tree ( Aesculus hippocastanum ) that characterizes the courtyard next to the castle fountain . The castle fountain is carved directly into the red-lying area of the Schlossberg and today (2020) has a depth of around 18 to 19 meters.

Towers

Hinterglauchau still has four towers in total. The hexagonal renaissance stair tower with attached hexagonal turret with hexagonal tent roof and pre-blinded keel arch gables in the southeast corner of the castle courtyard are clearly visible . In the castle courtyard there is a historical two-hand tower clock on this stair tower , which also has a small bell . This bell is manually wound and is therefore currently not rung. The tower has round sound holes for its bell.

At the north-west corner of the castle (on its outside), adjoining the north wing, there is a baroque hexagonal tower with a curved dome (formerly a Welsche dome ). In its place there was originally a late Gothic hexagonal tower, which was largely demolished and replaced by a new hexagonal tower from 1764 under Count Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1720–1799) due to the risk of collapse during the late Baroque renovation. The new tower was given a baroque dome.

Two smaller semicircular shell towers flank a northern extension on the central north side of the north wing. They do not tower over the roof of the north wing and are both crowned by Welschen hoods. When the north wing was rebuilt under Albert Christian Ernst, they were erected as entry towers from February 1764 , so they contained the toilets. Remnants of the former toilets ("outhouse") are said to have been preserved.

The semicircular located on the east side of the east wing shell tower called (semicircular extension), popularly known as "bottle" is practical, even if he no tower like such a spire has. There is a bell under his helmet that rings several times a day at around 8:45 a.m. Therefore this shell tower has sound holes .

Crypt of the Hinterglauchau line

In the basement of the north wing there is a crypt with coffins belonging to the Schönburg-Hinterglauchau family. It has not been open to regular visits since around 1990.

The following 23 people are buried here (marks the people buried in the Hinterglauchau crypt):

1. Countess Magdalene Franziska Elisabeth (1727–1772), née Countess Schönburg- Wechselburg (since 1757 second wife of Count Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1720–1799))
2. Count Franz Gottlob Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1761–1841), (son of Magdalene Franziska Elisabeth and Count Albert Christian Ernst )
3. Count Gottlob Carl Ludwig Christian Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1762–1842), (son of Magdalene Franziska Elisabeth and Count Albert Christian Ernst )
4. Countess Ferdinande Henriette von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1767–1836), née Countess zu Hochberg - Rohnstock (wife of Count Gottlob Carl Ludwig Christian Ernst since 1789)
5. Prince Hermann Friedrich Heinrich Gottlob Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1763–1764), died as a child (son of Magdalene Franziska Elisabeth and Count Albert Christian Ernst )
6. Princess Charlotte Henriette Ferdinande Louise von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1790–1791)
7. Countess Louise Emilie Henriette von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1791–1847)
8. Prince Ferdinand Heinrich Fürchtegott Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (* and died 1793), died as a child
9. Count Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1794–1881)
10. Countess Marie Clementine (1789–1863), née Princess von Schönburg- Waldenburg (wife of Count Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst since 1820. A neoclassical epitaph was built for you by the artist Hugo Hagen 1865–1866 in the local St. Marien palace chapel.)
11. Count Hermann Albert Heinrich Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1796–1841)
12. Countess Sophie Catharine Josephine (1811–1876), née Baroness von Wrede (which family is meant here?), (Since 1830 wife of Count Hermann Albert Heinrich Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau )
13. Princess Emilie Henriette Albertine Charlotte von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1797–1798), died as a child
14. Prince Otto Heinrich Ludwig Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1798–1804), died as a child
15. Count Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1803–1833)
16. Countess Charlotte Henriette von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1808–1881)
17. Princess Henriette Marie Elisabeth von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1821–1899), called Elise (she was the owner of the manor and castle Netzschkau and bequeathed it to her brother Count Richard Clemens)
18. Count Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1823–1897), called Fritz
19. Countess Gabriele von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1824–1917), née Princess von Windisch-Graetz (wife of Count Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund since 1852 )
20. Count Friedrich Alfred von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1827–1855)
21. Countess Ottilie (1830–1880), née Princess von Schönburg- Waldenburg (became the first wife of Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau in 1856 )
22. Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau- ( Rochsburg ) (1829–1900)
23. Countess Ida Friederike (1864–1943), called Frida (since 1886 second wife of Count Richard Clemens )

Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund, Friedrich Alfred, Richard Clemens and Henriette Marie Elisabeth were siblings.

When in 1900 the “last Protestant count of the House of Schönburg”, Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau- Rochsburg, died, he was buried here on October 23, 1900 in the Hinterglauchau crypt. His second wife and now widow Ida Friederike ("Frida") had a monument erected for him in 1901 in the Gusow Castle Park and an epitaph in 1929 in the St. Georgen Church in Glauchau . With him, the Hinterglauchau line died out in the male line.

Since both of Richard Clemens' marriages remained childless, the last person in this line died in 1943 with his second wife "Frida".

Layout of the facility

Floor plans, mostly of the ground floor of Hinterglauchau Castle, have been published in various literature. The latter source shows the floor plan of both castles on a map “around 1800”. A detailed floor plan of Schloss Hinterglauchau (ground floor with room divisions) can be found in the booklet Schloss Hinterglauchau, Museum and Art Collection . In essence, Hinterglauchau Castle is a three-wing complex that has historically grown around an almost triangular courtyard - located on a mountain spur - through renovations, demolition and new construction.

Todays use

Museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau

The museum presents the Glauchau town and castle history to this day, the everyday life of weavers in the Schönburgische Landen and the history of the stately interior. Since the Schönburgers were expropriated in 1945 and the Hinterglauchau / Museum Castle was previously owned by the city of Glauchau, the castle's furnishings were remarkably complete and show furnishings from the Renaissance to Historicism. Two exhibitions are dedicated to the fine arts and the city child Georgius Agricola , the "father of mineralogy". In special exhibitions , the museum shows the works of art from the collection of the medical professor Paul Geipel (1869–1956), who donated his collection to the Glauchau Museum. The permanent exhibition on Georgius Agricola (at least since 1940) and the Geipel mineral collection donated by Dresden professor Paul Geipel (since 1950 at the latest) have existed here for a long time. The highlight of the mineral collection is undoubtedly a meteorite originally from Africa, weighing over 200 kg , which comes from the Geipel collection.

Currently (2020) a new permanent exhibition of a lapidarium in the basement of the west wing and a special exhibition on sepulchral culture are being prepared.

Nationally important exhibition of furniture and interior

As early as the GDR era, the collection / exhibition of historical furniture "from two centuries" was classified as the most important of its kind in what was then the Karl-Marx-Stadt district .

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  Rococo room (with late Gothic arched curtain window)

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  Classicism room (formerly the Red Salon)

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  Empire room

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  Biedermeier room

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  Historicism Salon

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  Large historicism room

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The furniture and furnishings come from various Schönburg castles, many from Wechselburg Castle . Some pieces were obtained through purchase from other museums. Many paintings by Schönburg personalities also come from Wechselburg Castle. Also worth mentioning are several high-backed chairs from the 16th century, which are upholstered in leather and have embossed Schoenburg coats of arms .

The Renaissance and Baroque / Rococo exhibition rooms are on the upper floor of the east wing, the other "style rooms" are on the upper floor of the north wing.

Classicism room with anteroom

Originally there was a larger hall here - on the first floor of the north wing - which was probably divided into three smaller rooms by 1789 at the latest. The window reveals of the former hall were painted around 1750 with bandwork and fittings ornamentation . Some of them have been preserved in baroque style.

Today's classicism room and its anteroom served as the so-called red salon formerly for Countess Frida von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1864–1943) as living space and was reduced by a third around 1890. At that time there was access to a no longer existing arbor . The middle room received a stucco ceiling painted in color . The walls were given an ocher-colored marbling with illusionistic painting of columns and panels . The window reveal has a medallion with an eagle flying towards the sun. In the first quarter of the 20th century, a partition was put in that formed the two rooms.

The furnishings shown here date from the period 1790–1825.

Empire room

It is one of four rooms - on the first floor of the north wing - of an enfilade (suite of rooms) created in the 1860s . The original design of the ceilings and walls has not been preserved and is therefore unknown. This room also belonged to the apartment of Count Richard Clemens (1829–1900). He used it as a bedroom. The window frames here date from the 18th century, so they are baroque. Most of the furnishings on display date from around 1790–1820.

Biedermeier room

Today's Biedermeier room - on the first floor of the north wing - served as a dressing room in the apartment of Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1829–1900). Its original design of the ceilings and walls was not preserved and is therefore unknown. Most of the furnishings shown here date from around 1810–1850.

Large historicism room

It is one of four rooms - on the first floor of the north wing - of an enfilade (suite of rooms) created in the 1860s . From 1881 Count Richard Clemens von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1829–1900) used these four rooms as a private apartment. This room served him as living space and was provided with a magnificent stucco ceiling in the style of the neo-renaissance , which imitates a wooden ceiling. Multi-layered wallpaper with embossed pattern was attached to the walls. The window frames here date from the early Renaissance period in the 16th century. The furnishings on display date from around 1830–1900. The window frames here date from the 18th century, so they are baroque.

Historicism Salon

The salon is also one of four rooms - on the first floor of the north wing - of an enfilade (suite of rooms) created in the 1860s . Until 1900, this room was where Count Richard Clemens's writing room was located. The ceiling is also stucco with an illusionistic painting to simulate a wooden ceiling. The walls were designed in the same way as in the Great Historicism Room (formerly Richard Clemens' living room). Most of the furnishings shown here date from around 1860–1900. The window frames here date from the 18th century, so they are baroque.

Exhibition in the Remise

In July 2007 the permanent exhibition “On the Road” was opened in the remise, which was restored in 2005 . On display are a count's calesche , which was made in Prague around 1870, an old pedal crank bicycle , a penny farthing (gift from Glauchau's Georg Gehre) and a hearse (hearse) from Niederlungwitz , which was made in 1905 by the Karl Ernst Dietzsch company in Glauchau. The latter carriage was used for the last time in 1973 and was handed over to the castle museum in 1976. The exhibited count's carriage shows the Schönburg-Chotek alliance coat of arms on the doors . Count Joachim von Schönburg (1873–1943) married Octavie (1873–1946), daughter of Count Bohuslaw Chotek von Chotkow (a) and Wognin (1829–1896), a Bohemian diplomat from Austria , in 1898 . A panorama picture of the city of Glauchau by the painter Friedrich Wünschmann (1819–1889), created in 1867, shows a similar Count's calash as a four-in-hand with a forerunner , a coachman and a body hunter alongside two people in the carriage. In addition, some historic doors from Glauchau houses are exhibited in the remise.

In the furthest "corner" of the coach house there is an open stratigraphic discovery pit , in which a medieval floor made of river stones (laid in sand) and a cut fireplace - the medieval castle kitchen in the roundabout - can be seen at a depth of 0.75 m . A brick floor from 1864 was also partially preserved. In the middle of the remise, a cast-iron round lid is visible in the concrete floor. It's a gasoline separator from the 1920s when the coach house was used as a garage for an automobile.

Lapidary

There is a collection of stone monuments, called the lapidarium , which are temporarily stored in the castle chapel “St. Marien ”were partially exhibited. These are important Glauchau gravestones or components of the Glauchau castles, as well as components / portals of former town houses in Glauchau. In the future, the lapidarium will be located in the basement of the west wing, it is currently being set up there (as of 2020).

During a restoration of the St. Georgenkirche in Glauchau in 2004, the three important tombstones of the Herrmann, Seifert and Treffurth families were brought to the Hinterglauchau Castle Museum. All three stones are made of Chemnitz porphyry tuff. The stones have already been moved several times before. Before they found their last locations on the outside of the Georgenkirche, they were attached to the Glauchau Gottesackerkirche, which no longer exists today.

• The stone of the Seifert family was last on the west facade of the Georgenkirche. It was presumably made on April 14, 1805, directly after the death of Johannes David Seifert (d. 1805), "Hochgräflich Schönburgisch advocate court purveyor and cloth and garment tailor ". There is no information on his wife on the stone.
• The stone of the Herrmann family also last stood on the west facade of the Georgenkirche. It is believed that it originated in the middle of the 18th century. Johannes Gottfried Herrmann (1713–1790) was born in Meißen. In 1737 he married Johanna Sabine Kahlert (* 1713), daughter of a Glauchau butcher in Glauchau . Herrmann was the owner and court lord of the Lichtentanne manor near Zwickau. He was known for his social commitment in Glauchau and founded the company "Treffurth & Herrmann", a textile manufacturer, together with Georg Friedrich Treffurth here in 1737. He was also the founder and head of the Glauchau orphanage. In 1790 Johannes Gottfried Herrmann was buried in Glauchau. In addition to his name, the stone contains that of his second wife Johanna Charlotte Guthmann.
• The tombstone of the Treffurth family was last on the north facade of St. Georgenkirche. Georg Friedrich Treffurth (1685–1755) was born in Chemnitz. His father was a soap maker and quarter master there. He himself moved to Glauchau in 1713. He was a trader in whole and half cotton fabrics . In Glauchau he became mayor and founded the company mentioned above with Johannes Gottfried Herrmann in 1737. When he died in Glauchau in 1755, a large funeral service was held in his honor in the Georgenkirche. The stone was probably made for him and his first wife Anna Maria Kahlert after his death in 1755.

Georg Friedrich Treffurth and Johannes Gottfried Herrmann are co-founders of the Glauchau textile industry.

Court kitchen in Castle Fordglauchau

In the middle part of the south wing of Fordglauchau Castle are the rooms of the former court kitchen of Fordglauchau. The parts of the historical court kitchen excavated here are part of the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau as an exhibition and are opened on request by visitors or on special dates.

Depot for special exhibitions

The Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau maintains an archive and a depot for its documents and collections that are not regularly exhibited. In addition to documents, furniture and works of art such as paintings, Gothic sacral carvings, household items of the people, objects related to the regional hand-weaving and the later Glauchau-Meeran textile industry have also been collected since the GDR era . For example, guild certificates , journeyman's letters , master craftsmen's certificates and hiking books . Evidence from the 1950s to 1980s of the GDR era was also collected. There is also a collection of antique hollow glasses (bottles, beakers and bowls) from excavations in the Mediterranean / Palestine (including from Ashkelon , Basan , Shechem , Tiberias and Hauran ), as well as porcelain and glass objects (drinking glasses and goblets) from the 18th to early 20th centuries Century from noble households. After 1945, remnants of an East Asian porcelain collection (figures) and remnants of an Asian weapons collection came from the Waldenburg Castle to the museum's depot. Some Schönburg weapons such as swords from around 1500 and later hunting weapons are also kept here.

In addition, there are pewter , a toy collection , an ethnographic collection, a textiles collection , a graphic collection ( prints , woodcuts , engravings and printed materials ), a historical postcard collection ( Philokartistische collection) and a museum library (historic book collection). From the paintings and works of art stored in the depot , for example, the art exhibition “Romanticism to Impressionism, masterpieces from 100 years” has been shown since 2016.

Many corresponding articles were purchased even after 1990. This also applies to printing plates for copperplate engravings with significant regional history .

Archive inventory

• More detailed inventories have been preserved from the years of death of George I (d. 1585) and his second wife Dorothea Reuss zu Greiz (d. 1572). Also on the occasion of the death of his third wife, the widow Katharina Agathe von Putbus (d. 1608).
• When Glauchau was re- mapped around 1800 , Major Friedrich Ludwig Aster , Saxon cartographer , also created “Asterer's miles sheets” from Glauchau. Copies of these leaflets (only for Glauchau?) Are kept in the Glauchau castle archive. Other mile sheets from Glauchau (1799) come from the cartographer Christian Heinrich Erhardt , an engineer sergeant. Around 1943, the originals of these plans were in the Dresden State Archives and the State Library in Marburg in Hesse.

Events

Every year, music events, concerts, the Night of the Castles and the Open Monument Day take place in the courtyard of Hinterglauchau . Sometimes the castle courtyard of Fordglauchau is also involved in these events. On the Day of the Open Monument and on the Day of German Unity , the museum, Hinterglauchau's underground passages (cellars), chapel and dungeon are open to all visitors free of charge. There are guided tours in the corridors. The dungeon can be viewed from above through the fear hole.

Herbal witch's room

A private "herb witch's parlor" currently located on the ground floor of the southern east extension of the east wing will be opened on announced dates (in the Glauchauer Stadtkurier) (sale of kitchen herbs). At times, the herb garden (mountain garden on the slope of the Hirschgrund in front of the south wing and the south part of the east wing) was also open to the public. An older laundry room was originally located in these rooms .

Rental of the wedding room

On the upper floor of the eastern part of the north wing, the city of Glauchau rents the hall-like so-called chimney room for weddings. The room is paneled in the style of historicism with wood on the walls and ceiling and contains a magnificent blue tiled stove .

literature

• Enno Bünz, Thomas Lang: SCHÖNBURG - Glauchau, back and front. In: Handbook of Courtyards and Residences in the Late Medieval Empire. Volume 15. IV / 2: Counts and Lords. 1st edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-7995-4525-9 , pp. 1323-1325 ( adw-goe.de [there also as PDF; 103 kB]).
• Anke Neugebauer: Andreas Günther von Komotau. A builder at the turn of the modern age (=  Hallesche Contributions to Art History . Volume 11 ). Kratzke Verlag for Art History, Bielfeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-9811555-4-9 , p. 39-44 (Zugl .: Halle (Saale), Univ., Diss., 2007).
• Wolf-Dieter Röber : Aspects of the architectural history of Hinterglauchau Castle . In: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau (Hrsg.): Series of publications . No. 1 . Glauchau 1979, p. 4–21 (Chapters: Glauchau Castle from its foundation to the late Gothic conversion, conversion of the castle into a castle in the Upper Saxon late Gothic style approx. 1470–1485, conversion of the north wing in the early Renaissance style approx. 1527–1534, changes in East wing 1710/30 and reconstruction of the north wing in baroque style in 1752 and 1764/65, new construction of the south wing in neo-Gothic style in 1864/65, the underground corridor under the Hinterglauchau castle).
• Matthias Donath : Castles and palaces in Saxony . Imhof, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-768-5 , p. 66-68 .
• Steffen Winkler : On the history of the Glauchau museum system from its beginnings to 1945 and an outline of the development of the Glauchau museum from 1945 to the present. In: Series of publications. Issue 1. Ed. Of Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloß Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1979, pp. 26–34.
• Wolf-Dieter Röber: Hinterglauchau Castle. In: Series of publications. Booklet 3. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1981, pp. 16-17 (on the history and building history of Schloss Hinterglauchau)
• History of the castle chapel in Glauchau. 1862 (manuscript in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau).
• Wolf-Dieter Röber, Steffen Winkler: Locks Hinter- and Fordglauchau. In: Series of publications. Issue 6. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1986, pp. 5–11 (on the building history of both castles and on the Schönburg fratricide in Hinterglauchau from 1617, watercolor by Fordglauchau by W. Gebhardt [1867] on p. 10).
• Ephoralarchiv St. Georgen zu Glauchau, Canzlei Waldenburg ao. 1617, I AA 3, Loc. 363, Acta re.Otto Wilhelm's Lord von Schönburg zu Glaucha proclaimed evacuation of his brother Wolff Ernsten von Schönburg on November 28, 1617 (on the Schönburg fratricide of Wolf Ernst of his brother Otto Wilhelm in 1617 in Hinterglauchau Castle)
• Wolf-Dieter Röber: The dungeon in Hinterglauchau Castle (p. 5–8) and Two Landsknechte - former wall paintings at Hinterglauchau Castle (p. 9–14). In: Series of publications. Issue 9, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1992 (Info: former Landsknechts graffito on the east side of the north wing of Schloss Hinterglauchau).
• Wolf-Dieter Röber: Unknown views of castles and outbuildings on a Schönburg family tree (around 1760). In: Series of publications. Booklet 3. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1981, p. 15 (Schloss Hinterglauchau: description p. 16 and illustration p. 37).
• 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 (on the history of the castle chapel “St. Marien”).
• Schlosskapelle Hinterglauchau, report on the building and color archeological investigations (Stefan Reuther, p. 5–17), We craftsmen of the city of Glauchau - executing trades from earlier versions (on the history of the restoration of the castle chapel in the 19th century, Steffen Winkler, p. 18–25), restoration and renovation of the St. Marien chapel in Hinterglauchau Castle (restoration 1998, Siegrun Illing, pp. 26–29), The epitaph of Marie Clementine von Schönburg - an example of Neo-Classical tomb art by Hugo Hagen (epitaph in the castle chapel , Robby Joachim Götze, pp. 30-36). In: Series of publications. Booklet 11. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1999 (four articles on the “St. Marien” castle chapel in Hinterglauchau, commemorative publication for its reopening in 1999).

Web links

Commons : Castles in Glauchau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Manors and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony: Glauchau Castle  - sources and full texts

• Glauchau Castle. Castle Museum website. In: schloesserland-sachsen.de. State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steffen Winkler: Schönburg possessions at a glance. In: Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer , Robby Joachim Götze , Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber: 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, p. 13.
2. ↑ Series of publications. Issue 3. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1981, chap. Hinterglauchau Castle, p. 16, Glauchau Castle founded by Herrmann I von Schönburg.
3. ↑ Series of publications. Booklet 6. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1986, chap. Hinter- and Fordglauchau castles, founding of Glauchau Castle, p. 5.
4. ^ Walter Schlesinger , edited by Thomas Lang: Contributions to the history of the city of Glauchau. Edited by Enno Bünz. Thelem Verlag, Dresden 2010, pp. 27 and 156 (Fig. 4).
5. ^ Rolf Scheurer: Historical Buildings Glauchau. Part 1. Association for Town History and Monument Preservation in Glauchau e. V., Glauchau 2008, p. 12: presumable integration of the castle into the city wall.
6. ^ Walter Schlesinger , edited by Thomas Lang: Contributions to the history of the city of Glauchau. Edited by Enno Bünz. Thelem Verlag, Dresden 2010, p. 55.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Marina Palm: Aspects of the foundation of the city of Glauchau and its development up to 1495. In: Series of publications. Booklet 4. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1982, here p. 46.
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Marina Palm: Aspects of the foundation of the city of Glauchau and its development up to 1495. In: Series of publications. Booklet 4. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1982, here p. 47.
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73. ↑ Series of publications. Booklet 10. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1994, illustration of the chapel window on the back cover, description on p. 90.
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86. ↑ You can see excerpts in the YouTube video. The corridors and the coach house are shown. Ghost stories. Places of fear Glauchau on YouTube , February 7, 2018.
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122. ^ Author collective: series of publications. Booklet 12. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 2008, Fig. 5 Early Renaissance branch portal in the doorway from Hinterglauchau with seating niches, partially restored, p. 52; Fig. 4 unrestored Gothic portal on the north wing in the castle courtyard, p. 50.
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125. ↑ Steffen Winkler: In memory of Lord Mayor Dr. jur. Walter Flemming (1890–1947) - friend and sponsor of the Glauchau Museum. In: Series of publications. Booklet 10. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1994, p. 74: Establishment of the Schlossmuseum Hinterglauchau.
126. ↑ According to the information board at the castle.
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130. ↑ ^{a b} Steffen Winkler: In memoriam georgius Agricola - To the memorial site in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau. In: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau (Hrsg.): Series of publications special issue. Glauchau 1994, pp. 73–76, here p. 73 (with comments on Paul Geipel).
131. ↑ ^{a b} series of publications. Booklet 2. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1980, chap. Restorers prepare our heritage (Ralf-Peter Ehrentraut), p. 41.
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138. ↑ Robby Joachim Götze, Wolf-Dieter Röber, Steffen Winkler: Hinterglauchau Castle, Museum and Art Collection (= art guide. No. 2296). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7954-6035-2 , pp. 2-3.
139. ↑ Family tree of the Hinterglauchau line from 1700–1900 in the reply from the Hinterglauchau Castle Museum on July 14, 2020 to a written request dated June 26, 2020.
140. ↑ Robby Joachim Götze: The epitaph of Marie Clementine von Schönburg… In: series of publications. Booklet 11. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1999, pp. 30–31.
141. ↑ Wolf Dieter Röber: Aspects of the architectural history of Hinterglauchau Castle. In: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau (Hrsg.): Series of publications. No. 1. Glauchau 1979, Fig. 2, p. 14: “Floor plan of Hinterglauchau Castle” on a scale of 1: 500, as well as p. 21 with drawn cellars under the courtyard and north wing.
142. ↑ Bernd Leißring u. a .: Underground cavities in Glauchau. In: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau (Hrsg.): Series of publications. Issue 7. Glauchau 1988, Fig. 10, p. 27 Corridor system under the Hinterglauchau Castle with the cellars in the north wing.
143. ^ Wolf Dieter Röber: The chapel in Hinterglauchau Castle. In: Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau (Hrsg.): Series of publications. Booklet 10. Glauchau 1994, Fig. 1, p. 9 "Floor plan of the east wing of Hinterglauchau Castle with the castle chapel" (and the fear hole of the dungeon), ground floor of the middle and south east wing, detail of a construction drawing after H. Fickenwirth 1955, scale 1 : 100.
144. ^ Rüdiger Burkhardt: Building protection planning at Schloss Hinterglauchau. In: Series of publications. Booklet 9. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1992, p. 51 Fig. 1, floor plan of Schloss Hinterglauchau.
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147. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information boards for classicism rooms and its anteroom, Glauchau 2020.
148. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board on the Empire room, Glauchau 2020.
149. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board on the Biedermeier room, Glauchau 2020.
150. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board for the large historicism room, Glauchau 2020.
151. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board of the Historicism Salon, Glauchau 2020.
152. ↑ Steffen Winkler: The long way to the Gottesacker - funeral procession in Glauchau and Niederlungwitz In: series of publications. Booklet 12. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 2008, here p. 36, Fig. 3.
153. ^ Author collective: series of publications. Booklet 12. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 2008, p. 72, Fig. 2 and 3.
154. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board in the Historismus-Salon, Glauchau 2020.
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158. ↑ Steffen Winkler : Intensified collecting activity In: Schriftenreihe. Booklet 2. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1982, p. 47 (on the non-regularly exhibited depot holdings of the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau).
159. ↑ Anke Winkler: Historic hollow glasses from the possession of the Glauchauer Museum. In: Series of publications. Booklet 4. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1982, pp. 4–27.
160. ↑ Anke Winkler: Figures of the Guan-yin from the East Asian porcelain collection of the Glauchauer Museum. In: Series of publications. Booklet 2. Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1982, pp. 24–31.
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