Bräunsdorf Manor

Rittergut Bräunsdorf, a historic manor and estate house, is located in Oberschöna-Bräunsdorf in the Mittelsachsen district of Saxony.

Bräunsdorf was first documented in 1230, though the forest village was likely founded before 1162 by the locator Bruno. From 1162, the village belonged to the Cistercian monastery Marienzelle. Early mining activities in the 13th century ceased with the invasion of Adolf von Nassau in 1296. After the Reformation, Bräunsdorf initially belonged to the Nossen district, but in 1552, Elector Moritz granted it as a fief to his chancellor Ulrich Mordeisen. After a legal dispute, Mordeisen took possession of the estate in 1555. In 1572, Mordeisen's sons sold Bräunsdorf to Elector Christian I, placing it under the Freiberg district office. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was almost completely destroyed. In 1664, Romanus Teller acquired the manor and promoted mining, which led to the creation of numerous mines. In 1814, the Bräunsdorf and Siegfried mining districts were merged, until all mining ceased in 1864. In 1808, the Schubert von Kleefeld family acquired the estate, but was forced to auction it off again in 1818.