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Meiningen (dpa / th) - In the legal dispute about the expropriation of Reinhardsbrunn Castle, which is threatened with decay, an end is looming.
On Wednesday there is an announcement date in the calendar of the Meiningen district court, as a court spokesman said.
The background is two mortgage creditors who oppose the implementation of the already decided expropriation.
As long as the expropriation has not yet been legally enforced, the historic building does not officially belong to the state of Thuringia.
The country cannot tackle any urgently needed securing work.
With the expropriation proceedings, which have not yet been carried out in Germany, the country wants to save the castle.
The previous owner - a consulting company - had left the lock to the state emergency security for years.
The state administration office finally gave the OK for the expropriation in 2018.
But the two land charge owners took action against it.
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The palace ensemble with the park is in Friedrichroda (district of Gotha).
According to the State Chancellery, the state's great efforts to build the facility are due to the outstanding importance of the building for the history of Thuringia and German art, architecture and cultural history.
The castle emerged from a house monastery built in the 11th century for the ruling dynasty of the Ludowingers.
Other important ruling families are also connected with Reinhardsbrunn throughout history.
Between 1156 and 1168, a collection of letters that was important for the development of the written German language was created in what was then the monastery.
The castle, which was built in its current form between 1827 and 1835, and its park represent the most important neo-Gothic castle complex in Thuringia.