Wettin - City hall

The Sorbs had a fortified refuge here, and a "Civitas Vitin" was first mentioned in a deed, issued by German king Otto I. in 961. The place came into the possession of Dedo in 985, and his grandson Thimo von Wettin expanded the castle and the sphere of influence of the Counts of Wettin in the 11th century. Subsequently, the Wettins, who provided the margraves, electors and kings in Saxony, Great Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria and Poland, became one of the most important ruling families in Germany.

In 1288, however, the first ancestral seat passed to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle and town were repeatedly plundered by the Swedes, and in 1660 two fires almost destroyed the entire town.