Top 20 Castles in the Zittau Nature Park

Surrounded by a landscaped park, the imposing Krobnitz Palace rises above the castle. Built around the mid-18th century by the von Üchtritz family, the baroque manor house was acquired in 1873 by the Prussian Minister of War and Field Marshal Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon. He had it converted into a neoclassical building by adding a mansard floor, with a flat roof and balustrade. He also expanded the park and created a family crypt in the rear section, which was consecrated in 1876. His son Waldemar added a neo-Gothic chapel to this crypt, which was demolished in 1980. After the von Roon family's property was expropriated after 1945, the palace served as accommodation for refugees and displaced persons. This elaborately reconstructed country estate is recommended for those seeking something unique. A wedding room in the Wilhelminian style and the ballroom in the Old Forge for about 100 people offer a tasteful setting for weddings.

Bautzen boasts several important fountains, including the Ritter-Dutschmann Fountain on the main market square, the historic New Waterworks in the city fortifications, the Nymph and Unicorn drinking fountain on Reichenstraße, and the Elector Johann Georg Fountain. There's also the historic Gesundbrunnen fountain, whose spring was once considered to have healing properties. These fountains are part of the city's sights and history.

The €9 entrance fee is worth it 👍🏻. One of the most beautiful monastery/castle ruins 🏰 I've ever seen 🤩.

Perched atop the mighty rocky massif of Mount Oybin, the ruins of an old castle and monastery stand enthroned. Quiet chants can be heard in the former church, as if the monks were still there.

...to the old water art with the remains of the city wall, to the Mühlbastei, Ortenburg and Michaeliskirche, to the water tower and to the St. Petri Cathedral.

The location of the castle alone is fantastic! Get there early, the facility closes at 5 p.m. With a guest card you save 20%

A manor house already existed in 1551, when Hans v. Döbschütz was mentioned as living in Krobnitz. In 1589, the creditors of Hans v. Döbschütz junior sold the estate to Christoph Balthasar v. Brettin, who sold it on to Christoph v. Nostitz and Rengersdorf two years later. It remained in the possession of the von Nostitz family until 1688 (in the order Christoph, Christoph the Younger, Hans, Carl Christoph, Johann Caspar). From 1688 to 1721 the estate was owned by the von Warnsdorf family, and from 1721 to 1732 it belonged to the von Loeben family. In 1732 Carl Heinrich Wilhelm von Uechtritz bought Krobnitz for 18,000 thalers. He had a baroque manor house built around 1750. The entrance hall and staircase from the time of construction are still there, as is the room layout. His son Friedrich Wilhelm v. Uechtritz laid out an early romantic park ("Friedrichtal"), parts of which are still preserved. After the Uechtritz heirs sold the estate in 1804, it became an object of speculation for 20 years. With the purchase by Friedrich Georg Henning von Oertzen in 1824, the economic situation stabilized. On September 6, 1873, the heirs of the von Oertzen family sold the castle and estate for 134,600 thalers. The buyer was Count Albrecht von Roon, who as Prussian Minister of War and Navy played a major role in the victories in the German Unification Wars. From 1873 to 1875, he had Krobnitz converted into his retirement home, probably according to plans by the Berlin building inspector Wilhelm Neumann.[1] He replaced the mansard floor of the baroque building with a full floor, crowned by a flat balustrade based on the model of the Prussian War Ministry on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin. The building received a late classicist façade and a two-storey side wing with an octagonal observation tower. Since this representative reconstruction, one can speak of a castle. Count Roon also had the landscape park laid out and a family crypt built in the rear part in 1876. A valley strewn with rocks is included in the English landscape garden. Since 1893, a neo-Gothic chapel built by his son Waldemar according to the design of the Berlin architect Wilhelm Walter (1850–1914) has risen above the crypt.[2] The construction was carried out by the Görlitz master builder Friedrich Bruno Neumann, and the bell was a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II. According to the Gotha Genealogical Pocket Book, the next grandson Hans Albrecht Count Roon (1907–1938) inherited the 302 ha[3] estate of Majorat Krobnitz with the Oberwald farm as entail lord, then owner of the allod Krobnitz, married to the general's daughter Ilse von Dewitz. The Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility names Manfred Graf Roon as the heir from 1938. In 1941, Krobnitz became part of a protective forest foundation.[4] The Roon family's property was expropriated without compensation in 1945 as part of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone. The castle briefly served as a command post for the Red Army. It was then used by refugees and displaced persons from the German eastern territories. In the early 1950s, eleven apartments were built, but the spatial structure and other architectural details were lost. The deterioration of the complex continued despite its use as a daycare center, among other things. Wikipedia

I don't know of a more beautiful ruin, great 😎, the entrance fee is also ok. If you want the Oybin for yourself, you should go through the gate shortly before the end of the game.