Schloss Schieritz, Renaissance château in Diera-Zehren, Germany

Schloss Schieritz is a Renaissance château whose main house rises above the Ketzerbach valley with a steep hipped roof, extended by dormers with Renaissance gables. The sandstone tower portal dates from around 1555, and the round-arched courtyard door bears the coat of arms of the von Schleinitz and Sundthausen families with the year 1556. The 42.6-metre tower was reconstructed in 1882 and 1919.

Schieritz is first documented in 1288, when a Dominus Conradus de Slinicz was buried at Seußlitz monastery; the site was one of several border fortifications along the Elbe. The sandstone tower portal dates from around 1555, and the round-arched courtyard door bears the arms of the von Schleinitz and Sundthausen families with the year 1556. Prince Georg of Saxony owned the castle from 1862 to 1869, and the 42.6 m tower was rebuilt in 1882 and 1919.

The chapel on the second floor of the south wing shows how German noble residences combined religious and administrative spaces. Such rooms served as centers of daily life for both the residents and their staff.

The castle sits in a valley and can be viewed from paths that cross the surrounding landscape. Visitors should note that the building is not currently open for interior tours, though the exterior architecture remains visible from outside.

A sandstone portal from 1555 marks the entrance and dates the Renaissance structure with a carved inscription. The southeastern section of the complex originally housed the administrator's residence, creating a distinct spatial hierarchy within the building.