Rittergut Kürbitz

Approximately 1300 AD, the Feilitzsch family, named after its ancestral seat near the town of Hof, was one of the large landowners in Kürbitz.

A former water castle, this fortified house at a crossing of the White Elster river later became the mansion of the feudal estate.

A prominent personality in the history of the property was Urban Caspar, Baron of Feilitzsch, Margravial Brandenburgian Privy Councillor, chancellor and fief judge.

The original medieval residential tower bears an overhanging half-timbered superstructure with a precipitous gable roof.

leased the manor house from the community of Weischlitz, owner of the real estate, and also drafted concepts for future use.

The feudal estate, around 1860
The feudal estate (summer 2011)