Weißenborn Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1213 together with the village of the same name. Weißenborn was given to the Freiberg family von Hartitzsch as a fief in 1365, and it remained in their possession until 1802. The castle was built probably in the 14th century. Weissenborn was also not spared from wars, looting and the plague.
In 1802, Alexander von Hartitzsch sold the castle and manor to Christoph Schubert, who passed both on to a cavalry master from Weißenbach . Colonel Freiherr von Wangenheim acquired the manor from Count Hohenthal-Püchau in 1882 and kept it until 1924. In 1931, Dr. Otto Fritz new owner of the manor and expropriated in 1945. During the GDR era there was a culture house in the premises. Weissenborn Castle has been privately owned again since 2010.
References:The first written record of church in Danmark locality date back to the year 1291. Close to the church are several stones with a Christian text and cross inscribed. The oldest parts of the present red-brick church are from the 1300s. In the late 1400s the church was enlarged to the appearance it has today. The church has been modified both internally and externally several times, among other things after the fires in 1699 and 1889. There are lot of well-preserved mural paintings in the walls.