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    December 26, 2021

    Wölkau, Kleinwölkau Manor
    Gde. Schönwölkau, district of North Saxony


    construction time
    17th century, 18th century, 19th century (farm buildings)
    1695 to 1703, 1711
    Architectural style
    Baroque, historicism
    Client
    Christian Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1695 to 1703),
    Imperial Count Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1711)
    Builder / Architect
    probably Antonio Fontana or David Schatz
    Status
    Schönwölkau Castle is in a damaged condition. The farm buildings are damaged or even ruinous.
    Todays use
    Vacancy
    Access
    The grounds of the Kleinwölkau manor and the park are accessible. The castle cannot be visited.


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    Layout
    The Kleinwölkau manor is a large, closed, regular rectangular complex, divided by a farm building into a castle courtyard and the farm yard.
    Structure
    Castle: two-storey,
    Farm building: one storey,
    facade
    Castle


    South wing: strongly structured plastered facade, courtyard side six-axis, arched portal with coat of arms and ramp, windows with triangular gables, mezzanine floor with framed ox eyes,
    Garden facade: five-axis, richly decorated, emphasis of the central axis by curved stairs, balcony, triangular gable,
    North wing: slightly protruding central projection with colossal pilasters,
    East wing: central projection with passage to the courtyard, triangular gable with heraldic cartouches,
    West wing: simply designed,


    Farm buildings: clinker brick facades
    Roof shape
    Hip roof, gable roof


    Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/schloesser-herrenhaeuser/woelkau-schloss-schoenwoelkau-bei-leipzig

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      April 9, 2020

      The castle was built in the Baroque style from 1660 on the origin of a manor, which was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The property was made famous by the son of the owner, a Saxon riding master. Mr. Friedrich I. Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1675-1726), secret cabinet minister under August the Strong and since 1711 imperial count. After expropriation, it was partly a manor with apartments in the GDR era, and the Great Hall was used for cultural events. After the sale it decayed more and more. Security measures are now taking place. It is the largest castle area in the district of North Saxony.

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        September 2, 2022

        The castle is saved from collapsing by emergency renovation.
        Built from 1660, the castle was acquired by a group of investors in 1998 and fell into disrepair.
        How beautiful it must have looked here.
        schoenwoelkau.de/content/schoenwoelkau/_content/tourism/sightseeing/barockschloss/barockschloss

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