Glossen Castle

On a small hill above the Löbauer Wasser stands the baroque three-winged complex of the noble family von Gersdorff. For many centuries, they owned this estate. The castle from the first half of the 18th century also dates back to them.

The origin of the castle complex is not fully clarified. As builders, both Christian Ludwig von Gersdorff, who died in 1723, and his son Johann Adolph von Gersdorff, who exercised manorial rights until 1753, are considered. Simple baroque forms characterize the castle complex. On a rectangular floor plan, a two-story building with two side wings and a mansard roof rises. The main gate is enlivened by granite surrounds and a carved door with a transom. A monogram with the year 1791 inside indicates a renovation of the house under Carl Adolph Siegfried von Gersdorff. Since he had no children, Glossen fell to his wife's family after his death and was finally sold to Johann Friedrich Schmaltz in 1827.

In 1879, the profitable estate came into the possession of the textile manufacturer Reinhold Hoffmann. The Reichstag member had only one daughter, Martha, who married the police president of Berlin, Bernd Freiherr von Lüdinghausen. Bernd and Martha von Lüdinghausen moved into the castle after a renovation in the Neo-Baroque style in 1913/14. Bernd von Lüdinghausen acquired the neighboring estates of Oppeln and Lautitz and, with his wife, led the refined life of a wealthy country nobleman.

The von Lüdinghausen family remained in possession of the estate until the end of the Second World War. Then, due to the expropriation of the textile factory in Neugersdorf and the land reform, which also affected Glossen Castle, the entire property was lost. The Lüdinghausens had to flee to the West.

With the end of the GDR in 1990, a change in ownership also became apparent. Jörg Freiherr von Lüdinghausen - a descendant of the former owner - founded Rittergut Glossen GmbH in 1992 and acquired the manor house in Kleinradmeritz. Glossen Castle, extensively modernized in the 1990s, now houses a rehabilitation center for psychosomatics and psychomotor skills.