Moritzburg Castle

Moritzburg Castle is named in honor of the Elector Moritz of Saxony, who built this castle in the XVI century.

The castle underwent a radical restructuring in the XVIII century, when the Elector August the Strong ordered to transform the castle in a modern style for those times. Near the estate built many pavilions (for example, Pheasania house).

Now the castle offers visitors an exciting journey through its rooms, made in the Baroque style, with many paintings, works of applied art, collections of hunting rifles, trophies with the world’s largest deer horns, the owner of which was killed in 1696 in the forests near Frankfurt. Trophies and weapons speak eloquently of Moritz's predilection for hunting.

Also in the castle is a lot of furniture made of valuable wood, a collection of Japanese and Chinese porcelain vases and sets.