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Burgkemnitz Castle

Name: Burgkemnitz Castle
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Location: Muldestausee, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Neuhauser See Loop – View of the Pouch Peninsula loop from Bitterfeld

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2. View of the Mulde River – Blick auf den Goitzschesee loop from Bad Düben

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3. View of Lake Goitzsche – View of the Mulde River loop from Muldenstein

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Schakal

February 4, 2024

The castle complex emerged from a medieval moated castle and passed from the von Koseritz family to Bodo von Bodenhausen in 1665. A separate Burgkemnitz family line emerged and for many generations the descendants bore the first name Hans. Worthy of mention here are the Canon of Merseburg, Hans Friedrich von Bodenhausen (1768–1837), married to Luise Countess Oberg. Then followed his brother Hans Heinrich von Bodenhausen, Canon of Naumburg and in a relationship with Christiane Wilhelmine Vogel. Her son and heir to the Burgkemnitz estate, Hans Konstantin von Bodenhausen (1799–1862), also married Amalie Degener, a woman from the middle class, acquired other properties,[2] including Lebusa Castle, and was appointed Prussian chamberlain.

Today's two-story building with its three wings was built in 1869 under Dr. jur. District Administrator[3] Hans Bodo Baron von Bodenhausen (1841–1921), married to Luise von Müller.[4] Some older parts were included in the neo-Renaissance style construction. In the same year, the client and his brothers were raised to the rank of baron and held several titles, majorate of Burgkemnitz, consisting of the Burg- and Neu-Kemnitz manors, owner of other estates in Saxony-Altenburg and Saxony, royal Prussian chamberlain and legal knight of the Order of St. John . Likewise, Baron von Bodenhausen can be found in the German millionaire address book of his time.[5] The manor with 2,080 hectares of land belonged to Burgkemnitz Castle, of which 1,477 hectares were forest.[6] The last owner after the Second World War until the expropriation during the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945 was District Administrator Hans Kraft, Baron von Bodenhausen.

The castle was then used as a rest home and SED party school. After the fall of the Wall, Caritas acquired the site and built several new buildings, known as the St. Lorenz residential and support center. The castle itself is empty.[7]
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Burgkemnitz

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Dr. WS

October 4, 2025

Former castle, originating from a moated castle. A three-wing complex dating from 1869, incorporating older parts. Now owned by Caritas.

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Location: Muldestausee, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Neuhauser See Loop – View of the Pouch Peninsula loop from Bitterfeld

2. View of the Mulde River – Blick auf den Goitzschesee loop from Bad Düben

3. View of Lake Goitzsche – View of the Mulde River loop from Muldenstein

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