Schloss Schönfeld, Cultural heritage château in Schönfeld, Germany.
Schloss Schönfeld is a Neo-Renaissance castle in Schönfeld, Saxony, consisting of two massive Renaissance wings built between 1560 and 1590 and a large tower. Architect Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel expanded and refitted it in Neo-Renaissance forms from 1882 to 1884. A 6.4-hectare English landscape park surrounds the complex.
A moated castle stood here in the 13th century; Tammo de Sconevelt is named in a 1216 charter. The Schönfeld family held the estate until 1421, when it was split into two lordships. From 1560 to 1580 the von der Sahla family built two Renaissance wings. In 1882 Maximilian Dathe von Burgk received the estate as a wedding gift and had Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel rebuild it in Neo-Renaissance style by 1884.
The name comes from the Sconevelt family, later spelled Schönfeld, who held the estate until 1421. Today the municipality owns the castle: the ballroom and other halls are rented for ceremonies, theatre and concerts, and a restaurant serves guests. A pilgrim hostel on the Saxon Way of St. James opened in 2003.
Schloss Schönfeld lies on the B 98 in Schönfeld, three kilometres from the A13 Thiendorf exit toward Großenhain, and is served by bus lines 455 and 456 of the Meißen transport company. The castle belongs to the municipality, and its halls, including the ballroom, can be rented for events; a restaurant operates in the building. A pilgrim hostel on the Saxon Way of St. James was set up in 2003.
The 6.4-hectare castle park was laid out between 1889 and 1893 by Max Bertram, royal Saxon garden director, as an open English landscape garden. Since 2003 a pilgrim hostel on the Saxon Way of St. James has been housed at the castle. The ballroom and other halls can be rented for events, and theatre performances and concerts are held there.
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