Augustusburg Palace

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Augustusburg Palace Description

(Local Name: Schloss Augustusburg) The Renaissance Schloss (1567-72; now a museum and youth hostel) in Augustusburg is the largest in the Erzgebirge, originally built as a hunting lodge for Elector Augustus I of Saxony. Of particular interest are the North Doorway, the "Heraldic Doorway" and the well-house, with the 130 m/425ft deep well and wooden windlass.

Only fragments of the interior decoration have been preserved. In the Hasensaal (Hare Room) are a series of paintings (by H. Göding) of the "War of the Hares against the City of the Hunters and Hounds" (one of the popular "world turned upside down" themes). In the Venus Room there are also wall paintings by Göding.

Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art; Castle, chateau, palace; Paintings, art collections; Christian sites; Architecture - Renaissance

Augustusburg Palace Highlights

Chapel

The Schlosskapelle (by Erhard van der Meer, 1572) in Augustusburg is an aisleless, barrel-vaulted chapel with two- and three-story galleries around three sides. It has a carved and gilded altar

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Museums

Within Schloss Augustusburg are a museum on the game animals and birds of the Erzgebirge and a motorcycle museum. In the stables behind the palace can be seen a collection of coaches (mainly from

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Address

Schloss Augustusburg
Schlosstrasse 6
D-09573 Augustusburg
Germany

http://www.die-sehenswerten-drei.de

Hours

April 1 to October 31

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:30	18:30

November 1 to March 31

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:30	17:30