Old Castle of Zabeltitz

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Le château en bref

In the heart of the village of Zabeltitz, near Großenhain, the Old Castle (Altes Schloss) is a Saxon Renaissance building whose main parts date from 1588 to 1598. Originally designed as a stable building, it stands beside the Große Röder, close to the Palais and the great Baroque garden laid out after 1728 for Count Wackerbarth by Johann Christoph Knöffel. Threatened with demolition after 1945, it owes its survival to a village doctor, Dr Schadendorf, who founded the first rural outpatient clinic in Saxony there. Today the building houses medical practices and a registry office; its hall, remarkable for its groin vault, is used for cultural events and can be hired for private celebrations. Together with the church of St George of 1580, it forms one of the village's places of memory.