Cannewitz Manor

In 1445, Cannewitz was recorded as a knight's seat, and from 1551, as a knight's estate. However, its existence dates back to the 13th century, as the origin of the Cannewitz brewery, which was located on the knight's estate and possessed brewing rights according to old state law, dates back to the 13th century. The first known owner was a Balthasar von Döben. The core of the manor house dates back to the late 16th century. The von Starschädel family owned the estate from 1629 and sold it in 1699 to Count von Bünau. Hop cultivation was already practiced in the Middle Ages. According to an inheritance register from 1665, the subjects of the knight's estate had to supply the poles for cultivation. In 1745, the knight's estate passed to Count von Stubenberg. In 1827, the knight's estate passed by inheritance to the von Lüttichau family, and later to the von Cannewitz family, and subsequently to the bourgeois Schubert family, who transferred the estate to the Grimma Justice Office in 1848. After a devastating fire on the night of August 1, 1897, extensive interior renovations were carried out. In 1900, Max Radegast acquired the property and operated an agricultural business there. In 1945, the owners were dispossessed and expelled by the communists.

From 1946 to 1991, the facilities of the knight's estate were managed by the state-owned farm (Volkseigenes Gut), which focused on animal breeding and seed propagation. After the political change in 1990, the buildings were temporarily inhabited and housed business premises as well as a youth center. Parts of the buildings are now used by an agricultural cooperative that cultivates the agricultural land around Cannewitz.