Lipsa Castle

Lipsa Castle is a listed castle complex in the village of Lipsa. It is located in the south of the South Brandenburg district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz.

Lipsa Castle was first mentioned in 1680. Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin had the castle built in its current form from 1718 to 1720 and held Masonic conventions there. As early as 1726, the castle was owned by Baroness Theodora Eugenia von Löwendahl, née Baroness von Schmettau (1705–1768), who lived here until 1768. After the Counts von Redern, Count Ernst von Gersdorff took over the castle in 1831, whose family had already owned the Lipsa estate until 1671. In 1864, Ernst Christian August von Gersdorff took over the lordship of the Lipsa estate. He sold the Lipsa estate and the estates in Jannowitz and Hermsdorf in 1890/1891 to Lieutenant Carl August Tölke. In 1904, Dr. Walter Neumann (or Naumann), and in 1913, the Prussian government councilor Paul von Schumann became the owner. The latter had a neo-baroque wing added in 1914, which created the T-shaped floor plan and the current appearance. The last private owner of Lipsa from 1942 to 1945 was Carl Maria von Eversfelde, Baron von Beversfoerde.

After the Second World War, the castle was used in various ways. From 1946 to 1948, it served Caritas for nursing and elderly care, and it was also an asylum for homeless children. In 1949, a retirement home and a domestic science school were established in the castle. The school existed until 1953. The retirement home has been an elderly care home of Diakonie Görlitz since 1992.

The castle and its ancillary facilities were renovated starting in 1993. In 1992, Herbert Hillebrand, known as the "Castle King," acquired the castle. Today it belongs to his daughter Anna.