Behind the ruins of Frauenstein Castle, a rock with a pavilion protrudes, called the Zeisigstein. The name is said to come from a captain of the Meissen burgraves, Zeisig. The following story is told about it: In the feud between the Elector Frederick the Gentle and the Meissen burgrave Heinrich Reuss-Plauen, in which the former had his castle Frauenstein stormed and destroyed in 1438, a castle captain named Zeisig who was defending it was said to have been beheaded as a rebel on the above-mentioned rock. Even today, the door through which the burgrave's vassal is said to have been led to his execution can be seen in the ring wall of the castle ruins. A similar and simultaneous event is said to have given the name "Stork" to a rock further north, now hidden in the "Bürgerfichten". Legend tells of three birds in fact. Finches, storks and siskins that nested on the Frauenstein, or to put it more clearly, were captains of the burgrave of Meissen.
Unfortunately, I was unable to decipher the inscriptions on the stones.
A legend reports that three birds - finch, stork and siskin - nested on the Frauenstein. They were captains of the burgrave of Meissen who were beheaded in the feud of 1438. The rock was named after one of the castle captains named Zeisig...
There are no reliable sources about the founding or construction time of Frauenstein Castle. The founders are thought to be the margraves Otto the Rich (†1190) or his son Dietrich the Oppressed (†1221).
Frauenstein Castle was built primarily as a border fortress to protect the silver deposits in Freiberg and the local area and to secure and control the newly settled land.
The margraves and electors enfeoffed or mortgaged the castle with all the associated villages, rights, etc. and had it administered by bailiffs and the governors.
In 1329, Margrave Friedrich the Serious left Frauenstein Castle with all the associated villages and rights to the burgraves Hermann and Meinhard of Meissen.
A century later, in 1426, the last burgrave, Heinrich II of Meissen, died without leaving a male heir. In 1428, King Sigismund made his court judge Heinrich von Plauen the burgrave of Meissen. In 1428, he received the castle from Margrave Friedrich II, also known as "the Gentle", also known as "Slos frawenstein".
Disputes later arose between the burgrave and the margrave, so that Margrave Friedrich II (picture) had the castle besieged for 6 weeks in 1438 with "herescrafft".
A settlement was reached. Frauenstein was awarded to the margrave by the emperor.
The new owners of the castle had to agree upon the handover not to let anyone "live and stay there". Contrary to this agreement, the brothers Tietze and Kunz von Wolframsdorf allowed the burgrave to place a strong team under the leadership of Captain Peter von Walsberg in the castle. Among them were Captains Zeisig, Fink and Storch, who were accused of highway robbery. It is of course no longer possible to determine whether this accusation was true. This also applies to another tradition about Dietrich von Vitzthum.
Highway robbery and robbery were a knightly craft at that time.