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Rittergut Hermsdorf – history
In Hermsdorf, part of Bielatal, on the Bergstraße, stands the former manor of Rittergut Hermsdorf, now called “Rittergut Bielatal”. Hermsdorf is first mentioned in 1410 as “Hermansdorff” and was merged with Reichstein in 1933 to form the municipality of Bielatal. The estate is a listed monument; today it is a private holiday farm with horses – please only look at it from outside.
From outlying farm to manor
In the 16th century Hermsdorf belonged to the estate of the Rittergut Cotta. In 1619 a “Vorwerk” is mentioned here – a manorial farmstead – which Swedish troops destroyed in 1639 during the Thirty Years' War. Hermsdorf is documented as a manor in its own right from 1696.
Owners and manor house
The owners included the Counts of Zinzendorf and the von Cospoth and von Seckendorff families. The von Buchardi family owned the estate in the 19th century and had the tower added around 1900. In 1905 it was bought by Carl Lessing, who went bankrupt in 1927. In 1945 the last owner was expropriated; since 1992 the estate has been in private hands again.
Links to other places
For a time the Hammergut Brausenstein, with its blast furnace that still survives today, belonged to the Rittergut Hermsdorf, and then around 1800 to Langenhennersdorf. The Hammergut Neidberg, by contrast, was a sovereign “Amtshammer”, an ironworks belonging to the ruler. The Saxon State Archives in Dresden even hold a file from 1905 entitled “Hammergut Neidberg und Rittergut Hermsdorf”.
As of: 09/2026
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