Weissenborn Castle
The Castle Weissenborn is located southeast of Freiberg in the municipality Weissenborn / Erzgeb. in the district of central Saxony in Saxony .
history
The building was first mentioned in a document in 1213 together with the village of the same name. Weißenborn was given to the Freiberg family von Hartitzsch as a fief in 1365 , and it remained in their possession until 1802. The castle was built probably in the 14th century. Weissenborn was also not spared from wars, plundering and the plague.
possession
In 1802, Alexander von Hartitzsch sold the castle and manor to Christoph Schubert, who passed both on to a cavalry master from Weißenbach . Colonel Freiherr von Wangenheim acquired the manor from Count Hohenthal-Püchau in 1882 and kept it until 1924. In 1931, Dr. Otto Fritz new owner of the manor and expropriated in 1945. During the GDR era there was a culture house in the premises. Weissenborn Castle has been privately owned again since 2010.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 20.3 " N , 13 ° 23 ′ 53.7" E