Burgk Castle

The origins of Burgk Castle date back to the Renaissance, with parts of the ground floor and cellar vaults attributed to this era. In 1507, the noble family von Zeutsch(en) acquired the castle and exercised jurisdiction in Großburgk until 1742. After a fire in 1707, the entire manor was rebuilt between 1708 and 1709 by Caspar Heinrich von Zeutzschen. Later, a Dresden senator acquired the property, attracted by the coal deposits in the region, whose mining has been documented since the 16th century. Around 1800, the manor house and surrounding buildings were redesigned. The Freiherrlich von Burgker Steinkohlen- und Eisenhüttenwerke, founded in 1819 under the leadership of Carl Friedrich August Freiherr Dathe von Burgk, modernized and expanded coal mining in the Döhlener Basin. The coal mines had their headquarters at Burgk Castle until their bankruptcy in 1930. After the founding of Freital in 1921, the city parliament decided in 1923 to establish a museum, which, after World War II, in 1946, moved into the premises of the previously expropriated Burgk Castle.