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Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Zehista Castle

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Zehista Castle

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Zehista Castle

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Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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1. Hohle Path to Krebs – Kanitz Trail loop from Pirna

26.3km

01:57

350m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. Zehista Castle – St. Mary's Town Church, Pirna loop from Berggießhübel

27.7km

02:07

370m

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3. Zehista Castle – Zehistaer Trail loop from Ebenheit

20.2km

01:41

310m

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Heikster

March 29, 2021

Before the Thirty Years' War, the Zehista manor was converted into a castle. During the siege of Pirna in this war, the castle temporarily housed the headquarters of the Swedish field marshal Johan Banér in 1639. In 1651 it came into the possession of Banér's former opponent, the Pirna fortress commander Johann Siegmund von Liebenau. In 1735 Johann Adolph von Brühl, a brother of Heinrich Graf von Brühl, bought the property. The building of the house church from 1742, which is worth seeing, also fell during his time. The last owners of the castle were the noble von Rex family, who owned it from 1820 until it was expropriated as part of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945. After the expropriation, resettlers' apartments were set up in the castle, some parts of the building and the original character of the castle fell victim to the conversion work. The castle has been empty since 1995. From 2011, a private investor began renovating the main building. [2] This was essentially completed in December 2014. The castle is now used for residential purposes (9 apartments).
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Gaudi

August 17, 2025

It's just incredibly beautiful here 😊.

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Location: Pirna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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Zehista Castle

1. Hohle Path to Krebs – Kanitz Trail loop from Pirna

2. Zehista Castle – St. Mary's Town Church, Pirna loop from Berggießhübel

3. Zehista Castle – Zehistaer Trail loop from Ebenheit

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