In 1722, the Saxon Chancellor Heinrich Graf von Bünau bought the property. He had a baroque three-wing complex built on the foundations of the monastery according to plans by the council carpenter George Bähr.
Neuhirschstein Castle was built between 1892 and 1894 in the Neo-Renaissance style on the remains of a 10th-century castle. During World War II, the castle was confiscated by the SS …