Here, in 1543, Duke Moritz of Saxony and the Lords of Schönburg exchanged the Zschillen seat for land in Saxon Switzerland. Since then, Zschillen has been called Wechselburg.
The castle in Wolkenburg was owned by the von Einsiedel family until it was expropriated. It is not the Free State that owns the property, but rather an interest group …