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    Location: Striegistal, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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    November 17, 2020

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    The von Gersdorff family owned the local property until 1585. In 1877 the estate came to the Krug von Nidda family, who built Gersdorf Castle on it in 1879. In 1945 the Krug family was expropriated by Nidda, the castle then served as accommodation for refugees and was also used as a school and kindergarten. This probably prevented the demolition planned for 1947.
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    January 31, 2024

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    In 1539 there was a farm as an individual estate in Gersdorf, which belonged to the Altzella monastery as a farm.
    From 1925 the Gersdorf manor was owned by the zur Lippe family and was leased to Daniel von Hoenning O'Carroll in 1937. He was killed by Polish forced laborers in 1945 and thrown into a mountain shaft.


    After the Zur Lippe family was expropriated in 1945, an FDGB district school was set up in Gersdorf Castle. It was later used as a dormitory for apprentices and then served as a general boarding school.
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    April 18, 2022

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    A municipality tries to save the area from decay
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