Augustusburg Palace Schloss Augustusburg

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 (probably from the Salzburg workshop of W. Schreckenfuss, 1571), an altarpiece by Lucas Cranach the Younger on which Elector Augustus and his family are depicted in front of Christ crucified, and a fine Baroque organ (by G. Reukewitz, 1758).

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 the royal court at Dresden).

In the tower of the Lindenhaus is a collection of material on the architectural history of the palace. There are also periodic special exhibitions in the tower.