Taubenheim Castle and Manor

"The Taubenheimer Schloss is located in the center of the village on a rocky knoll above the Kleine Triebisch. It consists of four irregularly designed, three-story building wings that enclose a small trapezoidal inner courtyard. The main entrance portal is below the tower on the southeast side historic parquet floors, painted wooden coffered ceilings and a Meissen tiled stove. The palace complex includes a two-storey classicist garden house and the gatehouse. The palace park contains sandstone sculptures and foreign woody plants. The palace was built around 1600 last around 1910 with art nouveau and neo-Gothic designs.The castle was the center of the ancient manor Taubenheim, which was mentioned in 1551, among other things. The rule exercised inheritance and higher jurisdiction over parts of Brockwitz, Burkhardswalde, Röhrsdorf, Seeligstadt and Ullendorf. From 1457 to 1612 Taubenheim was owned by the von Miltitz family - with the exception of the years 1514/1515 when it was under Caspar Ziegler. In 1612 the manor passed to the von Erler family. From 1764 there were more and more changes of ownership. After 1945 the castle was first a country school home, later a TBC spa home and, since 1974, a nursing home. It is not publicly accessible. "- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taubenheim_(Klipphausen)#Rittergut_und_Schloss... but you may "at your own risk" in the yard and in the park. The buildings of the manor are inhabited, the castle is probably empty, but it is beautiful to look at.

Nice environment