The Siebeneichen Castle is located on the southern slope of the Elbe opposite the Spaar Mountains upstream of Meißner's old town in the Siebeneichen district.
The estate was first mentioned in 1220. A noble family named themselves after seven oaks in the 12th century. Between around 1553 and 1555, the electoral councilor and court marshal Ernst von Miltitz built a three-storey renaissance palace with two corner towers and two dormitories, which has largely been preserved. In 1591 his son Nickel von Miltitz had a walled renaissance garden with water features laid out.
In 1748, under Heinrich Gottlob von Miltitz, a three-wing building was added on the west side, which has a nine-axis façade and a high mansard roof . At the beginning of the 19th century, Sarah Anna Constable , Dietrich von Miltitz's wife , had a 35 hectare landscape park laid out based on English models, which is one of the oldest in Saxony today.
Later landlords were Alfred von Miltitz from 1880 and his son Ludwig Carl from 1912. In 1945 the castle was expropriated and the estate was divided among new farmers . The castle was initially used as a natural history museum from 1946. From 1958 to 1991 the college for club leaders 'Martin Andersen Nexö' was housed in the castle, then the folk high school for adult education in rural areas. From 1997 it has been the seat of the Saxon Academy for Teacher Training, which is now part of the State Office for School and Education.
References:Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.