Schloss Poschwitz
castle, chateau
215m
Altenburger Land, Thüringen

Skat dates back to around the year 1813, when the former Lord of the Castle Hans Carl Leopold von der Gabelentz invited his friends and academics to join him for a friendly and cheerful gathering, during which the card game was invented

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Description

Skat dates back to around the year 1813, when the former Lord of the Castle Hans Carl Leopold von der Gabelentz invited his friends and academics to join him for a friendly and cheerful gathering, during which the card game was invented.

The existence of a moated castle in the current location of what is now known as Poschwitz Castle was first mentioned in 1264. The Lord of the Castle at the time was Otto von Poschwitz. The castle became the property of the von der Gabelentz family in as early as 1388. It unfortunately burned right down to its foundation walls in 1507. Nearly 75 years then passed before Frederick von der Gabelentz, one of Albrecht von der Gabelentz' great-grandsons, commissioned the construction of today's Renaissance-style castle on the manor in Poschwitz. Over the years, the castle saw many generations of the noble line come and go. The manor grew to an impressive size of over 172 hectares until its final owner, Hanns Conon von der Gabelentz, had his property expropriated, despite having commissioned the creation of a museum of local history in parts of the estate prior to the expropriation. After the war, the valuable philological library created by Hans Conon von der Gabelentz ( 1807; † 1874) and his collection of playing cards were lost to the Soviet Union as 'looted art'.

During the era of the German Democratic Republic, the castle was used as the headquarters of the publicly owned enterprise 'VEB Gartenbetrieb Poschwitz', a horticultural company. After reaching a state of disrepair, many parts of the manor were gradually pulled down. The first feature to be destroyed was the neo-Gothic tower top, followed by stables and the gateway leading into the courtyard.

After the fall of the inner German border, a private investor purchased the castle, which had since been classified as a listed building, but nevertheless let it fall into disrepair. The City of Altenburg has been fighting for the preservation of the property with the Department for the Protection of Historic Monuments ever since and most recently carried out emergency work to secure the roof of the castle in 2013.

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Gratis

- Privateigentum, nur außerhalb zu besuchen

- Das Schloss ist verlassen