Droyßig

Droyssig was first mentioned in a document in 1170. Albrecht von Turt made an establishment of a branch of the Knights Templar in 1214, who bore the nickname Droyssig from 1190. In 1312, afters the Order's prohibition on the site was taken over by the Knights of St. John. The Counts of Orlamünde had their establishment in Droyssig until expire in 1413. The Lords of Bünau have 1413 to 1622 as Droyssig landgravial feud, after which by Hoym. 1622 is a rupture of the castle and a castle under renovation for the Christian Julius von Hoym. In Hoymschen owned Droyssig remained until its expiry in 1769 and then went to 1945 on the property of the Prince of Schonberg-Waldenburg.
Until 1989 there was the central institution of the Pioneer organization, Ernst Thalmann in Droyssig.

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