Ehrenberg Castle

The first mention of Ehrenberg dates back to 1244, when a Sifridus de Herinberc was named. After the extinction of the Burggraviate of Altenburg in 1329, the Wettins took over the feudal lordship of the area and pledged the castle to various noble families. In 1785, the indebted manor of the von Schmertzing family was auctioned off by the ducal chamber. Between 1805 and 1816, the complex housed a cotton spinning mill. After a fire in 1813, the farm buildings were rebuilt and expanded. In 1878, the Altenburg wool manufacturer Bernhard Schmidt acquired the property and had it redesigned between 1878 and 1880 by architects Schilling & Graebner in the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles, incorporating older structural elements such as a 16th-century round tower.