{"id":8,"date":"2026-07-25T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wieza-mon-plaisir.local\/gersdorf\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:35:00","slug":"gersdorf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/gersdorf\/","title":{"rendered":"Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf"},"content":{"rendered":"

People<\/p>

Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf<\/h1>

An Enlightenment scholar from Upper Lusatia, owner of Pobiedna (Wigandsthal) and the Meffersdorf estate, who in 1803 began building a private observatory \u2013 Mon Plaisir.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\r\n

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The Palace in Pobiedna and the portrait of Gersdorf. The palace is from the polska-org.pl collection; the portrait is from the G\u00f6rlitzer Sammlungen f\u00fcr Geschichte und Kultur collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t
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Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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The Enlightenment<\/span> Upper Lusatia<\/span> Astronomy<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t

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A learned gentleman from Uni\u0119cice<\/h2>

He was born on 20 March 1744 and died on 16 June 1807. He purchased Pobiedna \u2013 then known as Wigandsthal \u2013 together with the Meffersdorf estate in 1756, and between 1767 and 1768 he rebuilt the palace that had previously stood there into the form in which we know it today.<\/p>

What did he do?<\/h2>

Meteorology, mineralogy, astronomy and experiments with electricity. He installed lightning conductors in Upper Lusatia. He walked in the mountains, carried out observations and kept extremely detailed diaries. He collected works of art and supported artists.<\/p>

In 1779, he co-founded the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences (Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften). Following Gersdorf\u2019s death, he was entrusted with the care of Gersdorf\u2019s collections, which were moved to G\u00f6rlitz. The Society is still active today.<\/p>

The Tower<\/h2>

Mon Plaisir was built in the former Neu Gersdorf between 1803 and 1804, about 1.5 km from the palace, as a private observatory for astronomical, natural history and topographical observations. Gersdorf employed craftsmen from Pobiedna to carry out the construction work \u2013 this was a form of relief work during the crisis. It was not for nothing that his subjects called him \u201ethe good lord of Meffersdorf\u201d.<\/p>

Gersdorf is buried in the cemetery in Pobiedna. The tower has outlived him by two centuries.<\/p>

Historical research: Rafa\u0142 Wr\u00f3blewski, Leszek Bartnik (pobiedna.pl).<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ludzie Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf O\u015bwieceniowy uczony z G\u00f3rnych \u0141u\u017cyc, w\u0142a\u015bciciel Pobiednej (Wigandsthal) i maj\u0105tku Meffersdorf, kt\u00f3ry w 1803 roku zacz\u0105\u0142 stawia\u0107 prywatne obserwatorium – Mon Plaisir. Ludzie Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf Wracamy do historii regionu i ludzi, kt\u00f3rzy budowali jego naukow\u0105 i kulturow\u0105 map\u0119. To dobry pretekst do szlaku, wystaw i spotka\u0144. O\u015bwiecenie G\u00f3rne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-szeroka","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiezamonplaisir.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}