Stamping point 207 / Mausoleum

In the 18th cen­tu­ry, Achatz Fer­di­nand von der Asse­burg owned both Meis­dorf Cas­tle and the near­by Falken­stein Cas­tle and had the mau­soleum built in the Baroque style of his time from rough pieces of rock.

In the 19th cen­tu­ry, Count Lud­wig August von der Asse­burg (1796 — 1869), head of the Pruss­ian hunt­ing office, com­plete­ly redesigned the cas­tle and laid out roads to Bal­len­st­edt and Harzgerode on both sides. In his time, a large park and lush mead­ows sur­round­ed the cas­tle, next to which was a decid­u­ous for­est through which a path led to the mausoleum. 

He also ren­o­vat­ed the dilap­i­dat­ed Falken­stein Cas­tle, as he — like his suc­ces­sor Count Lud­wig II — orga­nized numer­ous court hunts, which were attend­ed by crowned heads and many oth­er well-known personalities.

Vom Wan­der­park­platz am Ort­srand von Meis­dorf erre­icht man das Mau­soleum über den Selke­tal-Stieg und kann die Wan­derung zum Selke­blick HWN 204 oder zur Burg Falken­stein HWN 200 fortsetzen.