Schloss Gröba, Château in Riesa, Germany.
Schloss Gröba is a three-storey baroque manor house in Riesa, built on a high basement and two upper floors under a mansard hipped roof. Its facade has alternating rendered bands and a central dormer with a curved gable, showing Dutch influence. A three-axis central risalit with a balcony on four Doric columns and a wrought-iron railing was added in 1820; above the first-floor middle window a sandstone hood bears the coats of arms of Johann Georg von Arnim and Magdalena von Nischwitz.
From the 15th century the knight's estate of Gröba was held by the von Nischwitz family, and in 1692 it passed to the von Arnim family. Johann Georg von Arnim, who acquired it by marriage in 1696, built the present palace in 1707. In 1783 it went to Johann Carl Benedict von Wacker, in 1814 to the Rüssing family and in 1855 to the von Kommerstaedt family; the last owner, Wilhelm von Altrock, was expropriated in 1945 and the tower was later demolished.
The two coats of arms in the tympanum above the first-floor central window, under a count's coronet, show the builders Johann Georg von Arnim and Magdalena von Nischwitz. Many former owners are buried in the neighbouring Kirche Gröba. Since 2014 the Remise has housed a youth club, exhibition rooms of the museum society and a café run by the local citizens' association.
Schloss Gröba is reached by car via Kirchstraße, with the address Kirchstraße 46. The Elbe floods of 2002 and 2013 hit the building hard because of its proximity to the river. The Remise now holds a youth club in its eastern part, an exhibition room for the museum association in its western part, and a café run by the local citizens' association.
The two coats of arms in the tympanum above the first-floor central window, under a count's coronet, belong to the builders Johann Georg von Arnim (left) and his wife Magdalena von Nischwitz (right). Many earlier owners lie buried in the neighbouring church of Gröba.
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