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9 unusual facts about Stolpen


Anna Constantia von Brockdorff

Augustus exiled his former mistress on 26 December 1716 to Burg Stolpen, where she was kept for the next 49 years until her death.

Clemens Timpler

Clemens Timpler (1563, Stolpen – 28 February 1624, Steinfurt) was a German philosopher, physicist and theologian.

Großdrebnitz

In the year 1559, when Augustus, Elector of Saxony had secularized the Stolpen territory of the Bishop of Meißen, the Amtsschösser was directed to search for gold in Großdrebnitz.

From 1778, the Saxon breeding center was operated in the vorwerk Rennersdorf, nearby Großdrebnitz.

Hrabina Cosel

Augustus, having no more feelings for his former mistress, gave orders to lock her up in the Stolpen fortress.

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich (1764, Stolpen – 1801, Burgwerben) was a German philosopher and poet.

Saukrieg

The Carlowitz's feuded with the new bishop and hunted him out of his residenz at Stolpen.

The Doll Family

The Dolls were 4 of 7 children born to Emma and Gustav Schneider in Stolpen, Germany (the other 3 were average-sized).

Wesenitz

Stolpen Castle is officially documented first time for the year 1222 when it was a property of the Bishop of Dresden-Meissen.


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