Built by Heinrich Graf von Bünau (on land left to him by his heiress wife Augusta Helena von Döring who died in 1728) between 1744–1751, the castle was originally one of the residences of the von Bünau family and latterly of the Sahrer von Sahr-Schönberg family which lost all its possessions due to expropriation and banishment without compensation by the post-war communists in 1945.
The castle, built by Heinrich Graf von Bünau between 1744–1751 on land bequeathed to him by his wife Augusta Helena von Döring who died in 1728, was initially owned by the von Bünau family and later by the Sahrer von Sahr-Schönberg family. The latter were stripped of their possessions due to expropriation and banishment without compensation from the communists after World War II in 1945.