Countess Cosel lived in Stolpen Castle in stately chambers in the Princely House. Five servants were at her disposal. But the Countess was strictly isolated and her letters censored. The Princely House got already dilapidated during her lifetime.So she also moved to the Johannis Tower. Here in the tower Countess Cosel died at 85 years of age. Today a permanent exhibition in the Johannis (Cosel) Tower commemorates the most famous woman of the Saxon history on the side of Augustus the Strong.
Cosel’s Grave in the Castle Chapel
Countess Cosel was buried by order from Dresden in the Stolpen Castle Chapel.
Her wish for a burial on the Schafberg Hill near Langenwolmsdorf was not fulfilled.
The grave lay got forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1881. Today her grave is marked with a commemoratve plate. Her grave is a major place of remembrance and for many castle visitors a place of emotional feeling. Numerous myths and legends keep the memory of Countess Cosel alive.