 From 1346 cisterns and wooden water conduits were constructed in Geithain, which were used until 1904.Gaithain was administered in the Middle Ages by a Vogt, who had his seat in the Freihof, first mentioned in 1349.The Geithain powder-tower, today one of the sights of the town, was part of the Freihof and was inserted with this into the town's fortifications.