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Wolftitz Castle

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Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. Wyhra Trail – Gnandstein Castle loop from Dolsenhain

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2. Ford across the Wyhra – Gnandstein Castle loop from Kohren-Sahlis

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3. Wyhra Trail – Boundary Oak in the Streitwald loop from Streitwald

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December 18, 2016

Wolftitz Castle is the successor building built by the Lords of Einsiedel from 1460 to the Wolfsburg Castle built by the Sorbs around the year 800. Today, according to the sign on the gate pillar, the castle is the seat of the Einsiedel forest administration in Wolftitz.

The previous building, the Wolfsburg, was the residence of Kunz von Kaufungen until 1455, who planned and carried out the Saxon robbery of the princes from here in the year mentioned. As punishment for this, in addition to his beheading in Freiberg, the Wolfsburg was also razed. The Streitwald got its name from a 21-year dispute over ownership and hunting rights in the forest in the years 997 to 1018. The Wyhra, coming from Gnandstein, flows through the Streitwald.

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Michi LE

December 28, 2021

dispute forest, manor Wolftitz

construction time
mid 15th century, 17th century,
1625 (conversion)
architectural style
Renaissance
builder
Einsiedel family
Builder/Architect
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Status
Wolftitz Castle in Streitwald is in good condition.
Todays use
administration
Access
The grounds of the manor are not open to the public. Wolftitz Castle cannot be visited.

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Layout
Wolftitz Castle forms an irregular, almost square courtyard with the farm buildings. The castle stands on an L-shaped floor plan and goes back to a medieval moated castle.
structure
two-storey on a high basement
facade
Simple plaster facade, possibly changed after 1945, high gables on the east wing, octagonal stair tower with Renaissance walls, south wing arched portal with coat of arms
roof shape
pitched roof

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/schloesser-herrenhaeuser/streitwald-schloss-wolftitz-leipzig

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Sebastian ⚒⛰🏕

October 26, 2018

Between 1460 and 1480, Castle Wolftitz, a knight's residence of the Lords of Einsiedel auf Gnandstein, was built in the valley. It remained in the possession of various von Einsiedel family members until it was expropriated without compensation in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945. From 1948/49 it was used as a retirement and nursing home until 2000. Since then the building has been empty. The von Einsiedel family recently bought it back along with a forest estate.

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Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. Wyhra Trail – Gnandstein Castle loop from Dolsenhain

2. Ford across the Wyhra – Gnandstein Castle loop from Kohren-Sahlis

3. Wyhra Trail – Boundary Oak in the Streitwald loop from Streitwald

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