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Milkel Castle

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Location: Radibor, Bautzen, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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1. Evangelical Church of Milkel – Pechelteiche loop from Commerau - Komorow

11.2km

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2. Milkel Castle – Milkel Castle loop from Milkel - Minakał

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3. Brandenburger Gate (1920) loop from Lippitsch - Lipič

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Uwe Drescher

May 7, 2022

The castle, which is still surrounded by water on four sides, is founded on oak pillars and the south tower was probably started in 1302. The finds of the oak foundation in 2005, with the felling date 1302, which are also exhibited in the castle courtyard, are the first evidence of the existence of old German moated castles on oak pile foundations in Upper Lusatia.

Friedrich von Metzradt, mentioned as early as 1272 among the “Budissin men”, founded the Milkel manorial seat around 1300. With him and his family, the Church of Milkel was built in 1322. The Metzradt family resided in Milkel until 1595.

from 1595 to 1617 the von Löben family,
from 1617 to 1640 von Krahe family,
1640 to 1759 the von Ponickau family.
In 1719/20 the north tower was added by the von Ponickau family and the current basic form was created. Since Moritzburg was brought into its current form in 1724/25, it stands to reason that Milkel was the pilot project for Moritzburg.
1759 to 1769 Countess of Gersdorf and Caroline Auguste von Löben.
From 1769 to 1908 Milkel was owned by the von Einsiedel family.
In 1908 the Landbank zu Berlin took over the property and sold it to the von Holnstein family, who renovated the castle extensively and lived in it until it was expropriated in 1945.
From 1945 to 1948 Schloss Milkel was used as a refugee camp,
From 1948 to 1953, the Free German Trade Union Confederation trained its functionaries here in the basic questions of Marxism and Leninism.
The Sorbian language school used the area from 1953 to 1993.
From 1993 to 1998 the castle stood empty, was viewed by 51 interested parties, but was not sold and was left to decay due to the high repair backlog.
In 1998, Hermann Fuchs from Lower Franconia bought the castle and began rescuing the building in 1997. After 20 years of renovation work, the castle, the cavalier houses, the park and the burial sites of the previous owners are now in a monument-worthy condition.
The coats of arms of the former owners, those of Zehmen, Ponikau, Haugwitz and Einsiedel, were located above the portal door, the front windows and in the gable part of the central projection.
The time division of the sundial and all coats of arms were destroyed in GDR times because they were not compatible with the political ideology. The sundial was restored in 2008. 2010 Complete renovation of the castle roof and restoration of the stucco gable.

Particularly noteworthy interior features are the cell vaults in the south tower from after 1400 and the stucco work (around 1750) on the ceiling of the rococo hall.
Source: schloss-milkel.de

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Ute 🚴‍♀️🥾⛰️🏇⛷️

November 7, 2023

A gem in the Upper Lusatia Biosphere Reserve, we were pleasantly surprised.

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Uli & Berli 🐕 sind unterwegs

May 15, 2024

More information is available here schloss-milkel.de/geschichte.htm

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Location: Radibor, Bautzen, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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1. Evangelical Church of Milkel – Pechelteiche loop from Commerau - Komorow

2. Milkel Castle – Milkel Castle loop from Milkel - Minakał

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