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HUBERTUSBURG , a chateau in theSee also: kingdom of See also: Saxony, near the See also: village of Wermsdorf and midway 6 m. between the towns See also: Oschatz and See also: Grimma
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It was built in 1721-1724 by See also: Frederick See also: Augustus II., elector of Saxony, subsequently See also: King Augustus III. of Poland, as a hunting box, and was often the scene of brilliant festivities
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It is famous for the
See also: peace signed here on the 15th of See also: February 1763, which ended the Seven Years' War
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After undergoing various vicissitudes, it now serves the purpose of a lunatic See also: asylum and a training school for See also: nursing sisters
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See Riemer, Das Schloss Hubertusburg, sons, and jetzt (Oschatz, 1881)
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