Palace and Park

At the age of 31, Heinrich von Brühl bought his first manor, Grochwitz near Herzberg/Elster. In the following decades he bought further estates, so that he eventually had landed property in all parts of Saxony. In Pförten in Lower Lusatia he created his own centre of power. Brühl had the manors of his estates extended and created magnificent palaces and parks. Since King Frederick II of Prussia had them systematically destroyed during the Seven Years' War, only little has been preserved.