 The Partition of Leipzig of 1485 ceded the settlement to the Ernestiner nobility line.Then in 1571, it became part of Saxony.To punish the Kingdom of Saxony for its allegiance to Napoleon and France, the Vienna Congress of 1815 granted certain tracts that included Münchenberndorf to the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, then ruled by Grand Duke Charles Augustus (in German