Like many other places in Upper Lusatia, Pulsnitz was first mentioned on May 19, 1225 as Polseniz. A Sorbian settlement with a moated castle had already developed here. Pulsnitz became the seat of a noble family who had a small castle built here.
The place name, which comes from Sorbian, is derived from the water body name of the same name, which Ernst Eichler and Hans Walther traced back to Old Sorbian *Połźnica, from *połz- (“to crawl”) and means something like “creeping (slow-flowing) water”.[ 2]
In 1355 Polßnitz received market rights from Emperor Charles IV, and only 20 years later (1375) city rights. At the beginning of the 15th century, the Hussites devastated Upper Lusatia. The Hussites also invaded Pulsnitz in 1429 (not for the first time). The oldest rural fortifications in Perfert date from this period. Construction work on the Pulsnitz town hall began around 1500, the remains of which can still be seen today in the town hall building.
Coat of arms of Hans Wolf von Schönberg and his wife Ursula von Carlowitz at the entrance to the palace
On January 1, 1558, the Pulsnitz bakers were given the right to bake gingerbread for the first time.
Source: Wikipedia