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Niederruppersdorf Castle is an 18th-century moated castle built on the ruins of a medieval moated castle that had burned down. In the same year, the present castle was erected on the site by Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Nostitz, canon and senior member of the Prince-Bishopric of Meissen, according to plans by Johann Andreas Hünigen. Architecturally, it is a massive, simple structure built on high, square foundations with buttresses supporting the cellar. The two residential floors are crowned by a three-story mansard roof. The portal on the south side is reached via a double-arched bridge over the former moat and is decorated with the coats of arms of the Nostitz and Minckwitz families. Inside, the ceilings of the upstairs hall and the fireplaces are adorned with Rococo ornaments.

Due to the use of the Christian Mission Society, the building cannot be visited and the grounds can only be crossed on the main path.

Nostitz Castle ruins, located directly behind the church. Impressive old walls.

It's good that the old building is still used as a nursing home.

is located directly on the hiking trail, is now used as a senior citizens' home

Pretty castle with a beautiful park. Now used as a retirement home.

Kittlitz was probably the site of a Slavic fortification as early as the 10th century. In the course of the German settlement of Upper Lusatia, a burgward was set up here, which developed into the political and economic center of the area. In the 12th century, a fortified courtyard was built as the core of a small moated castle east of what is now Weißenberger Straße. West of it, roughly where the castle is today, was the Niederkittlitz Manor. Until 1368, the owners of both estates were the Lords of Kittlitz, who are considered to be the oldest noble family in Upper Lusatia and had various tax privileges and their own supreme jurisdiction. In the middle of the 14th century, control of these manors passed to the Nostitz family and the von Gussigk family. At times, both manors were owned by Johann von Gussigk before they were divided again into Oberkittlitz and Niederkittlitz in 1527. Until 1704 (Oberkittlitz) and 1750 (Niederkittlitz), these belonged to the von Gersdorff family, but were then sold to Karl Gotthelf von Hund and Altengrotkau. With this sale, the manor finally shifted to the Niederkittlitz manor. The new owners had the existing manor house remodeled to suit their needs and made Kittlitz Castle into a center of Freemasonry. Karl Gotthelf von Hund and Altengrotkau was one of the leading German Freemasons and from 1743 he was Templar and Army Master of the province of Lower Germany, later head of all German Freemason lodges. Financial reasons forced him to sell his Kittlitz property in 1769. The purchaser was Countess Helena Isabella di Salmour, née Countess Lubieńska, who had had to sell the Zabeltitz manor to the House of Wettin the year before. At the same time, she also acquired the neighboring Undignity Castle. She was the widow of Count Giuseppe Antonio Gabaleone di Salmour from Piedmont, who had received Zabeltitz from his uncle Count Joseph Anton Gabaleon von Wackerbarth-Salmour as a wedding present. Owners changed again in the 19th century. In 1878 the owner E. F. W. Fickler had the palace park laid out. In 1909 Hugo Freiherr von Salza und Lichtenau acquired the manor.

The manor house that existed in 1280 was in the hands of the Lords of Nostitz. In 1397 there was talk of a knight's seat, in 1419 of an outwork. This came in 1439 to the lords of Baudissin. The von Gersdorff family acquired Nostitz in 1541 and kept it until 1638. Under them, the Vorwerk was raised to a manor in 1563. Other owners were the lords of Ziegler and Klipphausen, who had the manor house expanded into a castle around 1680. They were followed by the Lords Schmeiß von Ehrenpreisberg, the Noble von Lossa and, from 1777, the Counts von Bressler. The castle was destroyed in 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. At that time it was owned by Johanna Wilhelmine Gottliebe Countess von Bressler. Nostitz Castle was not rebuilt and stands as a ruin. Source: https://sachsens-schloesser.de/