Hohenbocka Castle

Hohenbocka Castle is a castle complex in the southern Brandenburg municipality of Hohenbocka in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. The listed building belongs to the Drochow group of companies. The property is 66,045 square meters in size.

The castle complex consists of several buildings surrounded by a park. The buildings include the large castle with a floor area of 1245 square meters and the small castle with 462 square meters. Other buildings are the nursery with 250 and the coach houses with 72 and 77 square meters.

The castle was built in 1897/1898 by the von Götz family based on a fairy tale image. It replaced the original manor house, which was demolished in 1902. In 1904, horse stables and the coach house were built, stylistically oriented towards the old gatehouse and the small air house on the vineyard. The small castle was built in 1909 for a son of the family.

In 1945, the castle was used as accommodation for displaced persons. After the expropriation, the mayor and pastor prevented its destruction. After the district land reform, the building was used for spa and quarantine purposes, from 1950 as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients and from 1965 as a quarantine station for, among others, scarlet fever patients. The castle became an outpost of the district hospital in Senftenberg. In 1966, a doctor's practice was housed in the Small Castle. From 1968, physically disabled children lived in the castle, for which a special school was established. After the castle was renovated in 1981, up to forty children with severe learning disabilities could live in the castle until 1992.

From 1993 to 1995, the castle complex was renovated, with the roofs being re-covered. In August 2008, the Drochow group of companies acquired the castle and the castle park from the municipality of Hohenbocka.