Weißenborn Castle

Weißenborn Castle is located southeast of Freiberg in the municipality of Weißenborn/Erzgeb. in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony.

The building was first mentioned in a document in 1213, together with the village of the same name. Weißenborn was granted as a fief to the Freiberg family von Hartitzsch in 1365, in whose possession it remained until 1802. The construction of the castle probably dates back to the 14th century. Weißenborn was also not spared from wars, looting, and the plague.

Ownership

In 1802, Alexander von Hartitzsch sold the castle and manor to Christoph Schubert, who passed both on to a Rittmeister von Weißenbach. Colonel Baron von Wangenheim acquired the manor in 1882 from Count Hohenthal-Püchau and kept it until 1924. In 1931, Dr. Otto Fritz became the new owner of the manor, who was dispossessed and expelled by the communists in 1945. During the GDR era, a cultural center was located on the premises. Weißenborn Castle has been back in private ownership since 2010.