Lauterbach Castle

In 1350, the Margrave of Meissen, Frederick the Strict, enfeoffed a Thimo de Grunrode with the Lauterbach outpost, of which it is said, "Luterbach, an outpost in the March of Meissen located on the Bindebach." Between 1408 and 1660, the outpost was expanded and consolidated into a knight's estate by the families of Lubin, Schönfels, Grünberg, and Polenz.

Jonas von Kirchbach was first mentioned in 1660 as the hereditary lord and electoral administrator. His son, Hans Gustav, began around 1700 with the construction of Lauterbach Castle, idyllically situated on the shore of a lake, a rather simple, two-story building.

In 1735, Leopold Freiherr von Palm acquired the knight's estate with the castle and developed it into his family seat. The family held important positions at the court of Empress Maria Theresia. Particularly the representative rooms of the castle were thus furnished with appropriate interiors. Portraits of the Empress and her husband, Francis of Habsburg-Lorraine, hung in the great hall.

In 1770, the castle park was laid out. Initially conceived as a park in the style of the late Baroque, it was later transformed into an English landscape garden with a large pond system. In 1895, renovation and remodeling work was carried out on the castle. It received the second upper floor and the Rococo-style facade that is still preserved today.