Strehla Castle

Strehla Castle, later Strehla Palace, is located on a hill steeply sloping down to the Elbe in the town of Strehla in the district of Meißen in Saxony.

Even before 900, there is said to have been a Slavic ruler's seat at this location. Strehla Castle is probably one of the first foundations in this area. The hilltop castle was built after 928 to protect a river crossing near a ford, and was mentioned in the 10th century with a burgward. In a conflict between the German King Henry II and the Polish Duke Bolesław I Chrobry, the castle was burned down in 1002.

In 1064, the Bishops of Naumburg owned the castle. In 1384, the castle came as a fief to the Lords of Pflugk and remained in the possession of the Pflugk family until their expropriation and expulsion by the communists in 1945. In the 15th to 16th century, the castle was rebuilt as a palace, and in 1890, the north wing was rebuilt after a fire. After the expropriation of the Pflugk family, Strehla Palace was used, among other things, as an orphanage and in the post-reunification period as an artists' residence, and has been in private ownership since 1994.