Lausnitz Manor

The first documented mention of Lausnitz was on June 8, 1266.

At least since the 15th century, there were knightly estates in Lausnitz: until 1945, for over 200 years in the possession of the von Wurmb family, before that for 250 years in the possession of the von Stein family. The "Lower Court" had a manor house, referred to as "Schloss" in the village, with Rococo furniture, a collection of Meissen porcelain, and a valuable library. It also included a park in the style of the Bayreuth court. The last male owner, the farmer Lutze von Wurmb, fell in 1943 as an officer in World War II. Although the family had been classified as "anti-fascist" in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the widow with three children was dispossessed without compensation in the autumn of 1945 and expelled from her property. When Mrs. von Wurmb was also threatened with arrest, she fled with her children to West Germany in December 1945. When her daughter Maria von Below (née von Wurmb), who was 15 years old in 1945, returned to Lausnitz after the "Wende" in the early 1990s, she described her experiences as follows: "Lands and buildings have fallen into disrepair, art treasures, furniture, and paintings stolen."

The castle is now privately owned and has been extensively renovated.