Dahlen Castle

The origins of the estate date back to the early 13th century, when a noble court existed there. This developed into a knight's estate, whose owners guarded the market and the road to Torgau and served as judicial lords. In the 14th century, the feudal lordship shifted from Naumburg to the Bohemian Crown and in the mid-15th century to the Wettins, who granted it to the von Schleinitz family. After several changes of ownership, Heinrich von Bünau acquired the estate in the 18th century and had the current castle built between 1744 and 1751. The building, in the style of Viennese Baroque and Classicism, housed a library and became the scene of peace negotiations in 1763, when King Frederick II of Prussia resided here and signed the final act to end the Seven Years' War. After 1851, the castle passed to the Sahrer von Sahr family, who lived there until 1945.