Humboldt Castle in Burgörner was the home of young Wilhelm von Humboldt. He grew up in Berlin and studied in Göttingen. In 1791 he married Caroline von Dacheröden and the young couple lived in Burgörner for a number of years, before Wilhelm was appointed as the Prussian ambassador to Rome. At the time, the castle in Burgörner was in the possession of Caroline’s father next to another site in Auleben near Nordhausen. The site remained in the possession of the Humboldt family until the middle of the 19th cent
Caroline and Wilhelm von Humboldt were close friends to interesting people of their time like Schiller and Goethe. This puts Burgörner Castle firmly on the map of German Idealism and the Romantic movement. Weimar, Jena and Bad Lauchstädt, where Goethe acted as theatre producer, are within 100 km of Burgörner. In Wiederstedt, 5 km down the road, was the birthplace of Friedrich von Hardenberg, better known as the poet Novalis.
Wilhelm von Humboldt was recognized as an important statesmen and researches during his lifetime. He was part of the Prussian delegation to the Vienna Congress after the Napoleonic Wars. He is known as the founder of the central Berlin university and as the reformer of the education system in Prussia. The Humboldt family is even better known internationally through the achievements of his younger brother Alexander von Humboldt, who explored South and Central America with the eye of the modern scientist. Unf