Gröba Castle

Gröba Castle is a baroque manor house and a landmark of the Saxon city of Riesa. Today it is a protected monument. The castle is located in the Gröba district, north of the harbor entrance at the end of Kirchstraße. The castle is surrounded by a park with its 300-year-old trees.

Since the 15th century, the Gröba manor has been the center of a considerable estate owned by the von Nitschwitz family. From 1692 to 1783, it was then owned by the von Arnim family. In this period (around 1700), the castle was built in its current form. In 1783, the castle passed into the possession of Johann Carl Benedict von Wacker, in 1814 to the Rüssing family, in 1855 to the von Kommerstädt family, and from 1919 until their expropriation and expulsion by the communists in 1945 to the von Altrock family. Since April 2012, the Berlin company advita has been using the property for assisted living.

The castle was severely affected by the Elbe floods in 2002 and 2013.