Lobeda Castle

The predecessor of today's castle probably only emerged around 1480, when Duke Wilhelm of Saxony enfeoffed Friedrich von Lunderstedt, the former mountain and city court clerk of Schneeberg, with this property. He built a free court with three main buildings and an inner courtyard. In the following centuries, the owners changed frequently. In 1868, Friedrich Knorr established a brewery, which the Busch family continued from 1892 until 1912. The castle increasingly fell into disrepair. In 1912, Pastor Nonne bought the complex and began a renovation. In 1922, it passed into the possession of the Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband (German National Commercial Assistants' Association) and was expanded into a retirement home and youth castle.