It is also the birthplace of the Albertine ancestor of the Saxon royal family, Albrecht "the Beherzten" Today it is the location of the District Court Grimma and the Leipzig prosecutor.
The castle with park and outbuildings is located in the center of Ammelshain. They overlook the park with over one hundred-year-old trees, the village ponds that line the old poplar …
The castle was built at the end of the 15th century by the von Waldenfels family. In the Second Margrave War it was destroyed in 1554 by troops of Heinrich …