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Reinsberg Castle

Germany · 12th century

Founded
1197
Location
Reinsberg
Coordinates
51.0058°, 13.3556°
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Reinsberg Castle in Germany
Photo: Norbert Kaiser · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Reinsberg Castle is a castle in the village Reinsberg in Mittelsachsen district of Saxony.

The founder and builder of the castle is not known with certainty. However, the establishment of castle and village Reinsberg is probably due to a German nobleman named Reinhardt who had the castle built in order to protect an agricultural settlement. Already in 1197, the castle is recorded as the seat of a noble family when a member of the Reinsberg (Regensberg) family appears as a witness in a document. Their lordship did not endure for long, as they already lost major parts of their ancestral properties in the 14th century to the Schönberg family who acquired the remainder, together with the castle, in 1411. The castle remained a seat of the Schönberg family for more than 500 years. Part of the estate was a folwark in Krummenhennersdorf which was operated as a separate manor.

In the GDR, Reinsberg castle was a holiday hostel for employees of Kombinat Schwarze Pumpe, afterwards it passed into private property and was used as a hotel until 1995. It stands currently (2019) empty. The park remains accessible to visitors on foot. A local initiative has formed to save the building from ruin. The adjacent bathing park has been the open-air swimming pool for Reinsberg since 1978. The hiking trail Grabentour passes in its immediate vicinity.

The steep slope towards Bobritzsch river is a likely reason for the choice of the site for a castle-like fortification. The unprotected eastern side of the castle is defended by a moat which could only be crossed on a drawbridge. The castle was crowned by a substantial tower.

Text adapted from “Reinsberg Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Reinsberg Castle ranks #5,134 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #436 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1197, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,352 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Dresden, 27 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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