Oberlichtenau Castle

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Oberlichtenau Castle is a baroque castle with a castle garden in Oberlichtenau , a district of Pulsnitz in the Saxon district of Bautzen , around 25 km northeast of the state capital Dresden .

history

In 1718, Count Christian Gottlieb von Holtzendorff inherited the Oberlichtenau manor. In order to take up his inheritance, he needed a proper accommodation. That is why he had a baroque palace built from 1724 and a park designed in the English and French style with valuable sandstone sculptures in front of and behind the building.

Christian Gottlieb von Holzendorff sold the palace to Count Heinrich von Brühl, Minister of Electoral Saxony, in 1744 . However, he was rarely in Oberlichtenau. After the defeat of Saxony in the Seven Years' War , King Friedrich II of Prussia , who hated Brühl to the utmost, ordered that Brühl's estates - including Oberlichtenau - be devastated. On November 19, 1758, 23 Prussian hussars under the command of Lieutenant von Franckenberg looted the castle and devastated large parts of the equipment and furnishings. A daughter of Brühl had the castle restored.

Brühl's heirs sold Oberlichtenau in 1774 to Count Andreas von Renard , who sold the property to Count Camillo Marcolini . He was very busy with intrigues at the Dresden court, so that he hardly cared about the castle. So the facility was falling into disrepair. The manor often changed hands until it was expropriated in 1945. In the GDR the castle served as a children's home. In 1997 the local Christian Association bought the castle gardening business, which had been separated from the land reform, and in 2005 established the first Bible garden with elements in Germany. From communal ownership of the Kamenz district, the castle went to a private owner in 2008. The castle has been owned by the von Hünefeld family since September 2019. The castle park is freely accessible, the ballroom and garden hall can be rented for events.

literature

  • Helmuth Gröger: Castles and palaces in Saxony. Verlag Heimatwerk Sachsen, Dresden 1940, article on Oberlichtenau Castle / Lausitz with illustration on page 159.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Oberlichtenau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ OE Schmidt: The looting of the Brühl Castle Oberlichtenau on November 19, 1758 by Prussian soldiers . In: New archive for Saxon history and antiquity. Ed .: Dr. Hubert Ermisch. Volume 27. Wilhelm Bänsch publishing house. Dresden 1906. Online resource . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. New plans for the dream castle. In: Kamenzer Zeitung. October 25, 2019, accessed November 5, 2019 .
  3. Baroque Castle Oberlichtenau - Event Location. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .


Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 25.1 ″  E