Top 5 Castles around Treuenbrietzen

The former mansion Kaltenhausen - "Schloss Zinna" is on the B101 east towards Jüterbog, the manor is on the opposite side of the street. The area originally belonged to the possessions of the Cistercian monastery of Zinna. As early as 1480, the farmyard of the monastery with a sheep farm in Kaltenhausen was mentioned for the first time. After the monastery was dissolved in 1553, the office of Zinna was founded with the associated Vorwerk/Gut Kaltenhausen, which was managed by tenants. In 1832 the Bohnstedt family purchased the estate and converted it into a manor. Between 1902 and 1904, Paul Bohnstedt had a representative manor house built in neo-baroque style by the Berlin architects Wilhelm Albert Cremer and Richard Wolffenstein. After the Second World War and the expropriation, the former manor house saw various users: the Soviet military administration, the German seed company, the state-owned estate/VEG Kaltenhausen (school and apprentice hostel). Later, until 2002, the elementary school and the polytechnic high school were housed here. After it had been vacant, the Gröhn family acquired the property in 2004, which very successfully renovated and restored it and, in addition to private use, developed it into a place of encounter and culture. The building, which is under monument protection, and the park, in which Paul von Bohnstedt’s grave is also located, could be visited in 2019 on Open Monument Day and attracted a large number of interested visitors. Source https://www.herrenhaus-brandenburg.eu/kaltenhausen-por.HTM

During the GDR era, the building was used as a children's home and a home for mothers and babies until 1991. After reunification, the castle was privatized and used as a hotel after 2001 and as a registry office until 2016 (?). The continuing vacancy of the fairytale castle Kropstädt is sad to see and probably no happy ending in sight. The castle is surrounded by a ten-hectare landscape park, which was probably created in 1850 and today has a valuable stock of trees.

Unfortunately, Kropstädt Castle can no longer be reached. All access roads are either broken or blocked. Since the chateau was sold to its new owner, it has been unused, unheated and left to its own devices. That was sad to see. The park all around is fantastically beautiful and makes up for this disappointment.

In the rustic ambience of the castle's knight's hall, minstrels play with wit and charm at the knight's meal. Well suited for families or company celebrations, of course you can also book this individually.

approx. 1200/ construction of Rabenstein Castle on the "Steile Hagen". The festival controls the transition of the road from Wittenberg to Brandenburg via the tarpaulin. Today a hotel the restaurant is currently only open on weekends and only then is it possible to climb the tower.

Above the town of Raben, Rabenstein Castle rises on the steep Hagen. It was created as a street watch in the mid-22nd century.

Privately owned and not accessible to the public

The Liesnitz moated castle was built by the Lords of Liesnitz in 1150 on the site of today's castle. It was stormed and destroyed by citizens of Wittenberg in 1358. In 1567 the castle was rebuilt by Moritz von Thümen. From 1550 to 1650 the property was called Haus Grobstätt. In 1855 and 1856 it was renamed Haus Kropstädt by the owner at the time. In 1842 the castle was demolished and requested again between 1855 and 1856 by the then owner Friedrich Adolf Karl von Leipzig according to plans by the architect Friedrich Hitzig in the English-classical style. The palace was expanded from 1908 to 1909. The interior was lost over the years. The castle was owned by: Lords von Liesnitz, Otto von Düben around 1358, Moritz von Thümen around 1567, the von Leipzig family in 1790, the von Arnim family until 1945, the Wittenberg district until 1998. In 1945 the owners were expropriated. During the DDF period, the castle was used as a children's home and mother and baby home until 1991. After the fall of the Wall, the castle was privatized again and after 2001 it was used as a hotel and registry office by an educational institution. The core of the castle is a late Classicist brick building on a basement with two unequal projections. On the narrow sides and to the manor there are arenas. During my hike I could not really see the palace, as the access was blocked from all places where it is otherwise possible.