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Location: Striegistal, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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3. 100 Steps of Roßwein – Horse Statue in Roßwein loop from Gersdorf

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Peter W. Janakiew

November 17, 2020

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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maria

January 31, 2024

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.

In 1997, Gersdorf Castle was acquired by a GbR who wanted to set up a center for multiple addicts there. These plans failed. A shared apartment has moved into the castle on a leasehold basis, the aim of which is to gradually renovate the castle. At the end of 2012, the community acquired the castle, along with some outbuildings and the property, converting the lease into ownership. The farm buildings are dilapidated.
Source:sachsens-schloesser.de/striegistal-schloss-gersdorf

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Andreas Hütter

April 18, 2022

A municipality tries to save the area from decay

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