Oberschöna
municipality of Germany
Oberschöna is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
History
Oberschöna was first mentioned in documents in 1183. In a charter from 1185, which describes the borders of the eastern holdings of Altzella Monastery, the so-called four Eckhard villages are also mentioned. These were fiefs of the Hessian Hersfeld Abbey. Later research concluded that Oberschöna, Linda, as well as Wegefarth and probably St. Michaelis belonged to these villages.
Since 1445/1447, a knight’s seat (Rittersitz) or manor farm (Vorwerk) existed in Oberschöna, which has been referred to as a Rittergut since 1551. From the 14th century until 1761, it was owned by the von Schönberg family, after which it belonged until 1771 to the district captain (Amtshauptmann) of the von Gersdorff family, and thereafter until at least 1860 to the von Carlowitz family. The manor estate of Oberschöna included, besides Oberschöna itself, the villages of Oberreichenbach and Kirchbach. Until the 16th century, the town of Hainichen and the villages of Wingendorf and Frankenstein were also subject to the manor of Oberschöna, but later came under the jurisdiction of the manor of Wingendorf.
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