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Otterwisch Castle

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Location: Otterwisch, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. Sternweg Signpost – Otterwisch Castle loop from Neu Grethen

9.78km

02:30

30m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Göselbach near Otterwisch – Sternweg Signpost loop from Otterwisch

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3. Otterwisch Castle – Johannis Church Großbuch loop from Otterwisch

8.62km

02:12

20m

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Michi LE

July 30, 2021

Manor Otterwisch

construction time

18th century, 19th century

around 1694, 1728 to 1730, 1870

architectural style

Baroque, historicism

builder

Hans Friedrich von Metzsch (first palace building, unfinished),

Countess Rahel Charlotte Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1728 to 1730),

Frederic Shears called de Lagotellerie (1870)

Builder/Architect

Attributed to David Schatz

Condition

The castle in Otterwisch has been renovated.

Todays use

Reside

Access

The grounds of the estate in Otterwisch are open to the public. The castle and the park cannot be visited.

Description

Layout

Free-standing castle, three-winged building, in front of it a large, closed courtyard with a gatehouse, built in place of a moated castle

structure

two-storey, corps de logis with short wings enclose a cour d'honneur,

facade

Plaster facade, three-axis, flat central avant-corps with triangular gable, garden facade in eleven axes with central avant-corps, colossal-like pilaster and pilaster strips,

roof shape

Mansard hipped roof with standing dormers,

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park

The palace is adjoined by a former landscape park, which was created from 1752 according to plans by the Saxon master builder Friedrich August Krubsacius.

People & History

Augustinian monks in Grimma (owners of the Vorwerk before 1517),

The von Hirschfeld family (Vorwerk, purchased in 1517),

Wolff von Otterwisch (probably from the von Hirschfeld family, named 1537),

called a manor (from 1551),

David von Hirschfeld (owner 1581),

Niederhof and Oberhof (1606),

Ernst from the corner (owner 1623),

Sebastian Friedrich von Metzsch (owner from around 1660),

Hans Friedrich von Metzsch (owner around 1694),

von Ponickau family (owners from 1721, conversion of the castle into a sheepfold),

Countess Rahel Charlotte Vitzthum von Eckstädt (owner 1727 to 1779),

Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (owners since 1779),

Princess Friederike Charlotte Albertine von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (owner until 1812,

Princess Güntherine Friederike Auguste von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (owner 1812 to 1852),

Johann Dietrich Ludwig Bohne (owner from 1852),

Frederic Shears called de Lagotellerie (son),

von Arnim family (owners 1882 to 1945)

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/schloesser-herrenhaeuser/rittergut-otterwisch-leipzig

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Robert von der Haune

December 2, 2021

Floor plan: free-standing castle, three-wing building, in front of it a large, closed farmyard with a gate house, transversely mounted in front of it, built instead of a moated castle.

Structure: two-storey, corps de logis with short wings enclose a cour d´honneur,

Façade: plastered facade, three-axis, flat central projection with triangular gable, garden facade eleven-axis with central projection, colossal pilasters and pilaster strips,

Roof shape: mansard hipped roof with standing dormers,

Additional Information:

The castle is followed by a former landscape park, which was created from 1752 onwards according to plans by the Saxon master builder Friedrich August Krubsacius.

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Elevation 190 m

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Location: Otterwisch, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Otterwisch Castle

1. Sternweg Signpost – Otterwisch Castle loop from Neu Grethen

2. Göselbach near Otterwisch – Sternweg Signpost loop from Otterwisch

3. Otterwisch Castle – Johannis Church Großbuch loop from Otterwisch

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