Top 15 Castles around Sohland an der Spree

Unfortunately you can only see it from the outside, but very beautiful

It's good that the old building is still used as a nursing home.

is located directly on the hiking trail, is now used as a senior citizens' home

Pretty castle with a beautiful park. Now used as a retirement home.

It's worth a detour if you're passing by here anyway.

First mentioned as a mansion in 1245, the current castle was built in the baroque style in 1700. From 1747 to 1750, the baroque garden was laid out according to plans by the master architect Johann Christoph Knöffel, of which the round pavilion and the canal have been preserved. The renovation of the partially destroyed pavilion was initiated by the current owners in 2009. Around 1800, the park received its landscape design, which has been preserved to this day, on behalf of Countess Henriette von Schall-Riaucour, probably with the participation of master architect Christian Friedrich Schuricht and Lord Findlater. The castle was redesigned by Schuricht in Palladian classicism: plastered blocks on the risalits, lion heads and fabric hangings in the arched areas, etc. This period also saw the redesign of the entrance area (vestibule with Ionic columns), garden hall with herms as a support for the roof to the side doors . The cemetery was built in 1880 and the chapel was built in 1894. In 1907 the library was added to the south side and several rooms were redesigned. In 1945 the property was expropriated and then used by the Red Army and briefly by the CDU. As early as 1946, the then TH Dresden was given the castle as a rest home for its teachers by the state government of Saxony. From 1951 the park was also owned by the Technical University of Dresden. The building and park were saved from decay through continued use and conservation measures. In 2005, Gaußig Palace and Park became the property of the family of Andreas Graf von Brühl-Pohl. The castle was renovated and restored over three years in order to now serve as a castle hotel and the family's seat in Saxony. Source: including wikipedia.de

This point is on the freely accessible side of the gate and wall, other than the lock. If necessary, you can refresh yourself wonderfully at the small spring on top of the stone. And the panel with the tree disk lists many historical events that this tree has experienced. There are also a few benches to rest on.

Ruins of a hilltop castle at 275 m above sea level. NN on a granite cone surrounded by the Spree. The name Körse refers to the Sorbian origin. From the 10th century onwards, the rocky spur was used to build a fortification, a redoubt, as the Sorbian settlement area was extended to the region of today's Kirschau. The purpose of the rampart was to protect the settlement area from unexpected attacks. Occupied and destroyed around 1100, a stone German fortification was built on the same site between 1200 and 1250 At that time, the castle was the largest and strongest defensive structure in Upper Lusatia. Their task was to protect the Bohemian Trail, one of the oldest traffic connections between Upper Lusatia and Bohemia (known there as Alte Prager Straße). It led from Bautzen via Obergurig, Kirschau, Schirgiswalde and Sohland to Sderchluckenau (Šluknov), Bohemian Leipa (Česká Lípa) and Prague. In addition, a salt road crossed nearby, which also had to be guarded. Later, however, the lords of the castle were accused of robbery, so that in 1352 the castle was stormed and destroyed by troops from the League of Six Towns. An information board in the remains of today's complex claims that the lords of the castle were declared enemies more because of their opposition to the Bohemian king and the League of Six Towns. In 1359 the castle was again destroyed and razed. There was no reconstruction. Source: Wikipedia