Weischütz Manor

The flint point found in the municipal area of Weischütz, dating from the transition period between the Old and Middle Stone Age, as well as the repeatedly discovered Corded Ware pottery, indicate an early settlement of the flat loess slopes in the lower Unstrut valley. As early as around 840, the place name Fizendorpf appears south of the village, a later deserted settlement. Weischütz, on the other hand, is first mentioned in a document on July 26, 1268, as Wischicz. The place name is probably derived from the Slavic word for expansion (vysěč).

Besides the church, the manor house was the center of the village. The history of the manor owners can be traced back to the 14th century through the enfeoffment letters of the Landgraves of Thuringia. It was initially owned by the von Kannawurf family from Weißensee. From 1365 to 1468, the manor belonged to the von Rockhausen family from Kirchscheidungen and then came into the possession of the von Thüna (1468 to 1622), von Breitenbauch, von Nißmitz, von Wilcke, and von Streit families. On the historicizing bay window of the former manor house, which was formerly used as the municipal office, there are four coat of arms medallions of the previous owner families, and on the side of the house, the alliance coats of arms of the v. Thüna and v. Wiehe families.

In 1945, the owners were dispossessed and expelled by the communists.