Image Copyright: Studio S · Fotograf in Dresden

The origin of Guteborn goes back to the 13th century when it was owned by the Standesherrschaft Ruhland, which collapsed later and the individual estates disintegrated. Guteborn subsequently emerges as an independent hereditary mansion. A palace building was first mentioned in 1575 from which in the course of time a palace facility with park surfaced that dominated the whole village.

Image Copyright: Studio S · Fotograf in Dresden

Some of the village's points of interest:

->>restored palace chapel
->>forgery
->>Village green with Bismarck-stone and spring stone
->>School area with Arboretum (tree garden for study purposes)
->>traffic garden
->>leisure facilities

The connection to the cycle-hiking-path-net of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz,
with its numerous king paths and of course several communication roads offer the possibility to get to know our 'Prettiest Village in the District 1999'.  
A special date of Saxon history is connected with the village Guteborn: The Saxon King Friedrich August III abdicates on 13th November 1918 from the local palace.
Guteborn – how got the village its name?

Guteborn with its park at the 'Guten Born', the former palace park, is situated at the southern part of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz. The village is the centre in the area of glacial tableland between the Lausitzer border forest and the glacial valley in the north and the end moraine in the Ortrander area from the Saale / Ice Age in the south.   

Prevailing element are large forests with several ponds. The height shows a slight south-north incline of 125 metres. The length of the village is ca 1,5 kilometres.

One can still see clearly today the arrangement of an old estate village, which it was for centuries. Guteborn was from ancient times on as a noble tenure tightly connected with the town of Ruhland, Herrschaft Guteborn – Ruhland. Guteborn is surrounded by glass sand, which appears partly cemented and morphologic as sandstone reefs.
The communication road runs through the village between Bernsdorf and Ruhland. With this road a direct connection to the Bundesstraße 97 and the Autobahn A 13 Dresden/Berlin is ensured. Guteborn, a typical road Straßenangerdorf that was first recorded in 1349/50.