Schloss Hemsendorf, Cultural heritage château in Jessen Elster, Germany.

Schloss Hemsendorf is a water fortress near Jessen featuring moats that encircle the entire complex. The buildings show different construction periods and are now opened for guided visits to the public.

The site was first documented in 1380, when Duke Wenzel enfeoffed the brothers Gerhard and Frycze von Glyne with Hemsendorf. From 1458 to 1573 it belonged to the von Ryßen family, then to Michael Teuber and, through his daughter Euphrosine, to the Rauchbar family until 1618. After the Thirty Years' War left the place uninhabited for a long time, Christian Dietrich von Röbel acquired it in 1702 and gave the castle its present form.

After World War II, the castle served as a kindergarten, shop, and housing before returning to cultural use. Today, you can see traces of these different periods in how the spaces are arranged and decorated.

The current owner arranges guided tours that need to be scheduled in advance. It is best to contact ahead and be aware that some areas may have limited accessibility.

The landscape park was probably laid out in the mid-19th century under the owner Otto Peter Ludwig Ferdinand von Itzenplitz. After World War II, land reform converted much of the formerly larger park into new farmsteads, so only part of the original garden survives.