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19-519: A settlement in this location was first mentioned in 1046. The town features Mildenstein Castle which is over 1000 years old. The house Markt 13 shows the coat of arms of the Apian family. Leisnig was Friedrich Olbricht 's birthplace. In 1944, he was involved in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler , and was executed for his participation in it. The former municipality Bockelwitz became

38-557: A part of the town of Leisnig in 2012. The museum at Mildenstein Castle was founded in 1890 by the Leisnig Historical and Antiquarian Society . In addition to an exhibition on the history of the castle, which includes important finds such as Bohemian glasses from the 14th century, there are also newly established exhibitions on the penal system and the Leisnig office. In the boot museum on the outer bailey, inaugurated in 2006,

57-521: A residence, but remained the seat of the local government ( Amt Leisnig). Castle and town suffered heavy damage during the Thirty Years' War . In 1706/1707 it was chosen as a residence by Stanisław Leszczyński , who had been elected anti-king to Augustus the Strong . Later in the 18th century the castle housed the regional court of law , a prison and apartments for officials. Beginning in 1798,

76-399: Is 32 m (105 ft) high and has a diameter of 14 m (46 ft). Its lower part is built from locally found quartzite blocks, above a height of 8 m (26 ft) bricks have been used. Due to increasing dilapidation it was partly dismantled in 1791. Since its restoration in 1875 it has been used as an observation tower . The second Bergfried in the outer ward was built in

95-487: Is a medieval castle in Niederlauterstein , town of Marienberg , Erzgebirgskreis , Saxony . It has been a ruin since the Thirty Years' War . Lauterstein castle is situated on a gneiss rock at the eastern end of Niederlauterstein village, above the left bank of Schwarze Pockau river, approximately 2 km north-west of Zöblitz and 4.5 km north-east of Marienberg . Archeological investigations in

114-642: Is located in Leisnig in Landkreis Mittelsachsen , Saxony , Germany. It is a property of the Free State of Saxony and is administrated by the company State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony . The castle is located on a spur above the river Freiberger Mulde , at the northern edge of the town of Leisnig proper and opposite the village of Fischendorf . The rock is a former lava dome and consists of pre-mesozoic rhyolite , in particular

133-597: The Ore Mountains . The family of Schellenberg became lords of Lauenstein in the early 14th century. They lost their influence in 1323 after they lost a feud with Altzella Abbey , and margrave Frederick the Brave enfeoffed the burgraves Albrecht IV von Altenburg und Otto I von Leisnig , who had helped to support him and the abbey, with Lauterstein castle and the town of Zcobelin (Zöblitz). Kaspar von Berbisdorf from Freiberg, an owner of mines and metalworks in

152-477: The 1970s have shown that the castle was built in the second half of the 12th century. It was first mentioned in writing in 1304 when a document named a Johannis in Lutirstein of the ministerial family of Erdmannsdorf in the castle. The castle was mainly built from stone, hence probably the name ending in -stein . Its purpose was the protection of a medieval trade route between Leipzig and Prague across

171-659: The 1st half of the 13th century. The gatehouse originates from the late 12th/early 13th century while the granary with its impressive roof structure, the Herrenhaus (Lord's residence), and the Pagenhaus (squires' quarters) were rebuilt under Margrave Wilhelm I near the end of the 14th century. From 1957 until 2010 the museum had been home to the Giant Boot of Döbeln, a 2.48 m (8 ft 2 in) high riding boot which had been manufactured in 1925 on occasion of

190-463: The 600th anniversary of the shoemaker 's guild of Döbeln and is now shown in Döbeln town hall . In 1996, two Leisnig shoemakers presented another, 4.90 m (16.1 ft) high boot that is exhibited in a building near the castle and is regularly shown on parades. Permanent exhibitions in the museum are dedicated to Christian art , the life in the castle when it was used as a noble residence,

209-459: The Illustrious captured the castle in 1232. The Burgraves of Leisnig founded Buch Abbey in 1192 and acquired the lordship of Mutzschen before 1308. They became one of the most powerful families in the area. Burgrave Otto I of Leisnig, together with his father-in-law, Burgrave Albrecht IV of Altenburg, also gained the lordships of Lauterstein (1323) and Waldheim (1324), and inherited

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228-597: The Ore Mountains, bought the lordship of Lauterstein for 4000 guilders from burgrave Otto II of Leisnig and Altenburg in 1434. His descendants Bastian and Melchior divided the lordship and the castle in 1497 into Oberlauterstein and Niederlauterstein. A fire damaged the castle in 1530, but it was rebuilt within a few years. In 1559, Prince-elector Augustus forced the Berbisdorf family to sell castle and lordship Lauterstein for 107,784 guilders and installed

247-405: The administration of a Saxon Amt in the castle. According to local tradition, on 14. March 1639, three Swedish horsemen set fire to the castle. It was not rebuilt and has remained a ruin since then. The administrative seat of Amt Lauterstein moved to Marienberg and later to Olbernhau and Zöblitz. The Marienberg-based manufacturer of model railway accessories Auhagen produces a model of

266-482: The administrative tasks of the early modern period , and the history of the prison system. Topics of special exhibitions vary from year to year. The castle also offers guided tours , concerts, reenactment events, and themed events for children and families. Lauterstein Castle (Marienberg) Lauterstein Castle , in German Burg Lauterstein , also called Burgruine Niederlauterstein ,

285-646: The castle in 1158 an imperial property, tied to the office of the Emperor and enfeoffed to the Burgraves of Leisnig. As such, it became a governing centre of the Imperial Territory of Pleißenland . In the early 13th century the castle was the seat of the imperial ministeriales family von Mildenstein who had to give up their properties in the area after they lost a dispute over the entitlement to tithes from former church properties, and Margrave Henry

304-425: The local Mirus family had a romantic park constructed around the castle, which is notable for its artificial ruins and a rock tunnel built in 1866. Since 1890 Mildenstein castle has been used as a museum. A small zoo was also established in the park, but closed in 1990. The chapel dates from the 12th century and was rebuilt around 1400. The Bergfried in the inner courtyard dates from the late 12th century. It

323-520: The lordship of Rochsburg from the latter in 1329. However, the joined Ämter Leisnig and Altenburg fell to Margrave Frederick the Serious after Albrecht IV died in 1329. The Leisnigs lost their imperial immediacy , were forced to sell their burgraviate in 1365, kept only their possessions around Rochsburg and Penig and died out in 1538. Mildenstein castle was rebuilt in the late 14th century under Margrave Wilhelm I . It was, however, not used as

342-720: The so-called Leisniger Quarzporphyr . There is archeological evidence for an ancient settlement on the rock spur above Freiberger Mulde. Mildenstein castle was probably built in the 10th century. However, it was first mentioned only in 1046 when Emperor Heinrich III gifted the Burgwards of Colditz , Rochlitz , and Leisnig to Agnes of Poitou . In 1084 the castle was enfeoffed by Emperor Heinrich IV to Wiprecht of Groitzsch . In 1143 it went by marriage to Franconian earl Rapoto von Abenberg, Stiftsvogt of Bamberg , who sold it in 1148 to Duke Friedrich III of Schwaben who later became known as Emperor Barbarossa. The latter made

361-664: The town's landmark, the Leisnig Giant Boot , is exhibited. In the town hall a small gallery is maintained with exhibitions that change several times a year. [REDACTED] Media related to Leisnig at Wikimedia Commons This Mittelsachsen location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mildenstein Castle Mildenstein Castle , in German Burg Mildenstein , also called Schloss Leisnig ,

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