State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony

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State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony (SBG) is a non-profit limited company based in Dresden . Until December 31, 2012, their business operations were carried out by the State Company State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony, which belonged to the division of the Saxon State Ministry of Finance and had the task of preserving the Saxon cultural heritage while safeguarding cultural and monument conservation issues. The non-profit GmbH manages several palaces, castles and parks in the Free State of Saxony . This includes 19 different properties, which are listed individually in the section on the gGmbH, initially with an extract from the administrative history with the incorporation, removal and reclassification.

Administrative history since 1990

After the restoration of the Free State of Saxony on October 3, 1990, previous properties that were already owned or managed as legal entities during the GDR were transferred to the Free State's property as part of the asset allocation .

On January 1, 1992, the management of the following objects was taken over: Dresden Residenzschloss with Johanneum and Stallhof , Dresden Zwinger and Zwinger Gardens, Japanese Palace and Palace Gardens, Pillnitz Palace and Park , Moritzburg Palace and the surrounding landscape park, Albrechtsburg Castle in Meißen , Königstein Fortress , palace and park weesenstein , Gnandstein , Frauenstein castle ruins , baroque garden , Hubertusburg Castle , Castle Nischwitz , Stolpen Castle , Augustusburg Castle , Lichtenwalde Palace , Palace and Park Bad Muskau , Castle Colditz , Altzella , Nossen Castle , Castle Wiederau , Mildenstein Castle , Ortenburg

In the period that followed, further historical buildings were assigned to the Free State.

With a cabinet decision of November 3, 1992, 17 independent state-owned companies were to be set up for some particularly important properties and placed under economic management. These companies together formed the State Palace Administration. Between April 1, 1993 and January 1, 1994, 15 state-owned companies were established as part of the implementation.

• April 1, 1993: Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen, Augustusburg Castle, Scharfenstein Castle, Königstein Fortress, Moritzburg Castle
• June 1, 1993: Großsedlitz Baroque Garden, Gnandstein Castle, Kriebstein Castle, Mildenstein Castle, Rammenau Castle, Stolpen Castle, Weesenstein Castle
• August 1, 1993: State Palaces and Gardens of Dresden (Pillnitz Palace and Park, Large Garden, Brühl Terrace / Zwinger / Stallhof), Nossen Palace / Altzella Monastery Park
• January 1, 1994: Rochlitz Castle

In addition, the Palace Department managed the following objects: Albertinum , Catholic Court Church , Jägerhof , Electoral burial site Freiberg , Colditz Castle , Lichtenwalde Palace and the Exhibition Hall of the Art Academy .

In the management of the property offices, the remaining Japanese Palace , the Siebeneichen Castle , the Castle Reinhardtsgrimma which Ortenburg that Hubertus Castle , the Freudenstein Castle , the Schloss Wurzen that Grimma Castle , the Koenigswartha Castle , the Villa Suchominsky , the Sonnenstein Castle which Schloss Dippoldiswalde , the castle ruins low Lauterstein , the Frauenstein castle ruins , the Wachwitz Castle , the Royal Villa , the Lützschena concluded that Thallwitz Castle , the hunting lodge Grillenburg that Brauna concluded that Keppschloss , the Castle Zehren-Schieritz that Koenigsbrueck Castle , the Castle Gaussig , Hohenprießnitz Castle and Ruhethal Castle . Many of these objects were later transferred to the towns and communities in the area or sold to third parties.

On March 1, 1996, the Saxon Palace Administration was incorporated into the State Office for Finance. On July 1, 2000, the castle operations of Königstein Fortress on the one hand and the Augustusburg, Lichtenwalde and Scharfenstein Castle on the other hand were converted into a non-profit GmbH . The Free State of Saxony continues to own the property. The investment management is carried out by the lock administration.

In the period from 1993 to 2003, the cost coverage of the palace administration increased from 37% to 61.4%. On January 1, 2003, the palace administration was separated from the state office and the joint state enterprise “State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony” was founded. The castle operations are the individual operating units.

Since January 1, 2013, the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony has been a non-profit company.

State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony non-profit GmbH

Object of the SBG non-profit GmbH	comment	image
Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen	After 1471, the Wettin electors and dukes of Saxony had a masterful building erected on the castle hill in Meißen: the Albrechtsburg. In 1710 the Meissen porcelain factory moved there. After 1864 the castle was redesigned. The castle with its architecture, its eventful history and the historical murals from the 19th century is explained in the permanent exhibitions of the SBG non-profit GmbH.
Baroque castle Rammenau	The baroque castle Rammenau is a rural aristocratic residence of rare unity. The palace, courtyard, farmyard and park form a coherent ensemble that was created in the 18th century. Rammenau was always a manor of the lower nobility. Ernst Ferdinand von Knoch (1677–745) had the complex, which looked almost like a princely residence, built from 1720 onwards. The interiors testify to the noble living culture of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Zwinger of Dresden	The Dresdener Zwinger is one of the most important sights of the Dresden royal seat. Built at the beginning of the 18th century from Saxon sandstone, it consists of pavilions and galleries surrounded by a fairground. It embodies the Dresden baroque culture with walkable balustrades, sculptures, visual axes and hidden gems, such as the Nymphenbad, a fairy-tale water world, surrounded by sea figures.
Dresden stable yard	The stable courtyard and its buildings form a separate ensemble and are also part of the palace complex. The former stable building, built by Elector Christian I from 1586 to 1591, rebuilt and converted several times, was rebuilt from 1950 after it was destroyed in World War II. The building, also known as the Johanneum after King Johann, now houses the Transport Museum with the entrance on Neumarkt. The long corridor and the Georgenbau, named after George the Bearded, border the courtyard on Auguststrasse on the Elbe side. Since 1907 the Wettins, the ruling aristocratic family between 1127 and 1873, have been moving along the north face as a cavalcade at around 100 meters and 23,000 tiles. The renaissance building with Georgentor, which flows into Schlossstrasse, connects the stable yard with the castle. The office building closes off the courtyard to the west of Schloßstraße. Until the middle of the 18th century, the stable yard was the scene of courtly entertainment with tournaments, ring stings and hunts. The long corridor was used to accommodate the electoral horses. The magnificent furnishings were kept on the upper floors. After its reconstruction in the 1970s, the arched gallery in the long corridor shines with its facade decoration, the sgraffito plastering technique. Twenty Tuscan columns support the arcades. Two of the bronze ring piercing pillars of the historic Ringbahn and 13 of the 34 pillars have been preserved. They limited the tournament space. Horse troughs and ponds complete this historical place. Today the courtyard is used for markets, since the fire in 2007 with high requirements from the preservationists and supervision by SBG, which also manages this property.
Pheasant Castle and Moritzburg Landscape Park	The Moritzburg cultural landscape includes ponds and forests, gardens, a miniature lighthouse and the pheasant castle. The breeding of pheasants in the pheasant garden gave it its name. The building and landscape ensemble from the 18th century, hidden by the Bärnsdorfer Großteich and connected to the main castle via a visual axis, served Elector August III. and his family as a private retreat. The castle is equipped with restored rococo rooms and baroque architectural elements. Registered tours allow a view through small rooms or cabinets with inlays, straw wallpaper or a Chinese-style ambience and a dining room on the upper floor. The adjacent courtyard kitchen building now houses a café in addition to small special exhibitions in summer.
Dresden Fortress and Brühl's Terrace	This place got its name from the gardens of Count Brühl on the Elbwall and the Jungfernbastion. Once surrounded by magnificent gardens, they all had to give way to the growing city, but the cheerful, festive architecture on the ramparts was preserved and so survived the centuries. If you go into the underlying historical structure, you can experience the history. Since the end of 2019, an exhibition has made the eventful history tangible and puts this special place back in the limelight. The visitors walk through the historical rooms and vaults, surrounded by virtual images, sounds and films of past historical events.
Moritzburg Castle	From the hunting seat of Duke Moritz von Sachsen, who also gave the place its name, a baroque residential landscape emerged in the 18th century. The hunting lodge rises on an artificial island in the middle of the Moritzburg pond. Four round towers are reflected in the water. The rooms of the 18th century are unique. There you can see the well-known collections of the monstrous (antlers), the masterfully made leather wallpapers on the walls and the "feather room". Since 2004, after 19 years of restoration, the splendor of the curtains made of colored bird feathers, bought by August the Strong in 1723, has been evident. In winter it wakes up to the fairytale castle of Cinderella and tells the film history of the DEFA cult film made there.
Nossen Castle	The Renaissance castle sits enthroned on a rock above the Freiberg Mulde above the small town of Nossen. It served the Saxon electors as a hunting seat and apartment on the transit to and from Dresden and as the administrative seat of the Nossen office. The administrative tradition ended with the dissolution of the district court. Today parts of the castle and some interesting rooms can be visited with exhibitions on the Saxon noble families Schönberg and Friesen. The museum is operated jointly with the Altzella Monastery Museum. The former south portal of the town church comes from the former refectory, the early Gothic west portal originally adorned the entrance to the chapter house of the Altzella monastery.
Pillnitz Castle & Park	Elector August the Strong acquired the manor in 1706 for his mistress Countess Anna Constantina von Cosel and after the end of the relationship with the Countess he had the mountain and water palace converted from the summer residence of the Saxon royal family according to plans by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. Committed to and inspired by the sense of time from East Asian suggestions, one of the largest Chinese palace complexes in Europe was built. Architecture and park form an enchanting synthesis. The park with its gardens, pavilions, the palm house and the orangery was used for court games and offered special places to linger. Venetian-style gondolas and sloops shipped the court up the river. Even today's guests can enjoy a pleasant stay in the ensemble of museums, exhibitions, gardens and culinary offers on the banks of the Elbe. Above, the vineyards with the vineyard church and the Friedrichsgrund in the nearby Borsberg area invite you. The nature-loving King Friedrich August I had beautifying accents set there too, such as an artificial waterfall and an artificial Gothic ruin. Special tours offer the opportunity to roam and track down the history of these places.
Rochlitz Castle	Like a cathedral, idiosyncratic in design, gentle yet dominant, this palace complex in the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde unfolds an ensemble of structures from different eras. Mainly the Gothic period determines the image of the Saxon monument today. The eventful history as an imperial castle, Wettin residence, prison and official residence formed this castle. Traces of its use as a place of exile, as a widow's residence, prince's residence, hunting lodge and princely school can be found in the corners and on the walls and in the interior. The high-quality exhibition leads through the architecture, with a tower (Jupe), battlements, castle chapel, table room, princely parlor, etc. a. and introduces the former owners, such as Dedo the Feisten, Wilhelm the One-Eyed or Elisabeth von Rochlitz, who were almost wrongly forgotten in the Wettin historiography. In the lower castle in the courtyard or in the café you can enjoy the view of the landscape and the castle building with chapel.
Weesenstein Castle	The castle with its park symbolizes 800 years of castle history in the valley of the Müglitz. King John of Saxony, the most famous castle owner and Wettin Schöngeist, translated works by Dante Alighieri there and discussed this in the evening parties with other scholars, the later Accademia Dantesca. The castle, originally built as a castle on a rock, grew downwards. This is how the tour goes from above from the stately apartments built later to the historical attics and cellar vaults. Numerous genders shaped the ensemble: the Donins (Dohna), the Bünaus, the barons von Uckermann and the Wettins. Noble living culture with original furniture and wallpaper, the castle chapel and the classicist winter garden bear witness to this.
Gnandstein Castle	It is the best preserved Romanesque fortification in Saxony. The beginnings of the castle go back to the early 13th century, when powerful Wettin servants settled there and built the older castle with keep, curtain wall and hall. Later the castle belonged to the Lords of Einsiedel for over 500 years, who expanded it further. The special thing about it is the late Gothic chapel in the north wing from the end of the 15th century. Friends of the Middle Ages will find the castle with the keep, Zwinger, battlements, shield wall and the high-quality collection of the exhibition, which is partly designed as a display depot, located above the river Wyhra. The interior was supplemented in 2007 with a donation from Margarete Groß's collection.
Kriebstein Castle	As if from a fairy tale, the castle rises on a steep rock above the Zschopau. This defense structure, the construction of which began in 1384 and had already reached its current size in the late 15th century, is uniquely preserved. Master builder Arnold von Westfalen had a lasting impact on the structural design. Despite many owners in its 600-year history, the late Gothic appearance was preserved. Precious wall paintings from the late Gothic to historicism and the valuable interior, the exhibited treasure trove, a colored plank room and the "Kriebstein room" have been preserved. Today's castle owes a lot to the circle of friends of the castle, the preservationists and, last but not least, the generosity of the community of heirs of the last owners, the von Arnim family.
Mildenstein Castle	Mildenstein Castle is one of the large state castles that have been in operation since 10/11. Century were formative centers of rule. Wiprecht von Groitzsch, Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and, above all, the resident Burgraves of Leisnig have left remarkable architectural traces. The 32 m high, still accessible keep and the castle chapel bear witness to the Middle Ages. After 1365, the Wettin margrave Wilhelm the One-Eyed built the front castle and gave the large castle its present-day appearance. The ensemble invites you to the Middle Ages and also explains families and children about the former residents, the Leisnig office and the history of the place where the princes and princesses of the Saxons lived and were brought up at times.
Stolpen Castle	Stolpen was owned by the Bishops of Meissen for over three centuries and became their main residence. The hilltop castle was expanded under the Wettins as a well-fortified renaissance castle and expanded into a modern state fortress. Finally, it fell into partial ruin. Napoleon sealed the strategic insignificance of Stolpen. Today the castle complex is one of the most famous sights in Saxony. The fate of the famous prisoner, Countess Cosel, Augustus the Strong's mistress, spent half a century there and found her final resting place. The castle complex can be seen from afar and is a popular excursion site, museum, monument, event location and viewpoint. Connected is the angular, rugged columnar basalt as a natural monument, which testifies to the volcanic origin, especially on the western side of the castle hill and also inside the facility at the foot of the Johannisturm.
Großsedlitz baroque garden	In the hilly foreland of Saxon Switzerland lies the important baroque garden with its designed terraces. In 1723, August the Strong had the garden paradise based on the Versailles model expanded on the area, which was initially built as a country estate, for the “Festivals of the Polish Eagle Order”. Hundreds of sculptures once complemented the hedge walls, parterres and hornbeam niches. 60 of the stone sculptures testify to the sculpture of the 18th century. Borders, potted plants and topiary trees are waiting to be discovered. The artistically curved outside staircase embodies the "silent music" with its name. Only a sixth of the original plans were implemented and yet with the forgotten garden creation a gem has been preserved in Saxony.
Large garden & Dresden park railway	In its diversity, with its art and natural monuments, the Great Garden is one of the most important gardens in Europe. 1678 began by Elector Johann Georg III. the construction of this garden area. A palace of early baroque architecture adorns the intersection of its main avenues. After 1814 converted into an English landscape park for the people to relax in, the 147 hectare park still serves this purpose today for visitors with open-air theaters, the Dresden Park Railway, the puppet theater, the zoo and the botanical garden.
Altzella Monastery	Altzella was the most important monastery in Central Germany in the Middle Ages. Margrave Otto the Rich donated it in 1162. The Altzeller Cistercian monks had an important library. The oldest legal book, the Sachsenspiegel, is said to have been written there in German. A small exhibition is dedicated to him in the library room on the upper floor, in the still preserved Konversenhaus. The valuable manuscripts were donated to the Leipzig University Library in 1543, where they are still located today. The Cistercian abbey served as a house monastery for the Wettin margraves of Meissen, who also had their burial place there. Buildings and ruins still remind of the abbey, which was dissolved in the course of the Reformation. Around 1800 Johann Gottfried Hübler laid out a romantic landscape garden and included what was still there. Caspar David Friedrich was already inspired by this romantic place.
Colditz Castle	Colditz Castle sits enthroned on a porphyry rock high above the town of the same name. The Burgward of the 11th century, first built wiprecht of groitzsch and later the Lords of Colditz extensively from. After 1404 the Wettins, v. a. Ernst von Sachsen and Friedrich the Wise build the renaissance complex. Around 1600 it was expanded as the widow's seat of the dowager elector Sophia with gardens, summer houses and precious interiors. From 1803 it was used as a workhouse and insane asylum, as an early concentration camp (1933/34) and finally in the Second World War to the Oflag IV C special camp for Allied officers. The legendary escape attempts by the Colditz prisoners of war led to a popular reception. Some escape tunnels can still be seen. In 1945 Colditz became a collection point for aristocratic families and landowners in order to be able to expropriate them. In 1946, more peaceful times began with its use as a hospital, which closed in 1996. Colditz has also been one of the state palaces, castles and gardens since 2003 and is gradually being renovated. The youth hostel and the Saxon State Music Academy are housed in the former stables of the castle. Numerous English and Dutch tourists come to Germany just because of Colditz to see the legendary place for them.

further gGmbH objects of the Free State	comment	image
Augustusburg hunting lodge	Augustusburg Palace / Lichtenwalde Palace and Park / Burg Scharfenstein gGmbH
Scharfenstein Castle	Augustusburg Palace / Lichtenwalde Palace and Park / Burg Scharfenstein gGmbH
Lichtenwalde Castle and Park	Augustusburg Palace / Lichtenwalde Palace and Park / Burg Scharfenstein gGmbH
Koenigstein Fortress	Königstein Fortress gGmbH

Umbrella brand "Schlösserland Sachsen"

In 2005 the advertising cooperation Schlösserland Sachsen was created, an association of important state and non-state architectural and garden monuments, which has the task of preserving, maintaining and presenting the Saxon cultural monuments . Under this umbrella brand, in cooperation with the Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH (TMGS), the meanwhile more than 50 palaces, castles, gardens, fortresses and castle hotels are marketed nationally and internationally.

The following other palaces, castles and monasteries are cooperation partners in the advertising association Schlösserland Sachsen:

object	Owner / operator	image
Delitzsch baroque palace	City of Delitzsch
Dresden Residenzschloss	State Art Collections Dresden
Freudenstein Castle	City of Freiberg
Lauenstein Castle	Osterzgebirgsmuseum Schloss Lauenstein
Wackerbarth Castle	Wackerbarth Castle, Radebeul
Klippenstein Castle	Museum Schloss Klippenstein
Wildeck Castle	Zschopau city administration
Freudenstein Castle	City of Culture Marketing Office
Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau	Foundation "Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau"
Hartenfels Castle	District Office North Saxony
Klaffenbach moated castle	C³ Chemnitzer Veranstaltungszentrum GmbH
Hohnstein Castle	Hohnstein Castle
Monastery book	Monastery book
European Youth Hostel Colditz Castle	German Youth Hostel Association
Pension "To the Royal Relaxation"	Pension "To the Royal Relaxation"
Castle Hotel Dresden-Pillnitz	Schlosshotel Pillnitz GmbH
Nimbschen Monastery	Hotel Kloster Nimbschen GmbH
Voigtsberg Castle	Oelsnitzer Kultur GmbH
Royal facilities Bad Elster	Chursächsische Veranstaltungs GmbH
Wildenfels Castle	Friends of Schloss Wildenfels eV
Wolkenburg Castle	Department of Education & Culture
Zabeltitz baroque garden	GB Urban culture and order
Schönfels Castle	Schönfels Castle
Frohburg Castle	City administration of Frohburg
Glauchau Castle	Museum and art collections at Hinterglauchau Castle
Proschwitz Castle	Winery Schloss Proschwitz Prinz zur Lippe
Mylau Castle	Mylau Castle, Reichenbach
Rochsburg Castle	Central Saxon Culture gGmbH
Graupa hunting lodge - Richard Wagner sites Graupa	Culture and tourism company Pirna mbH

Visitor numbers

Every year around two million guests visit the state palaces, castles and gardens.

structure

The central office of SBG gGmbH with the management is located in Dresden in the historic Torhaus. Originally built as a guard building of the former barracks of Albertstadt on both sides, it now houses the individual coordination areas of museums, gardens, marketing, construction, management, IT and accounting for the various individual branches of the 19 palaces, castles and gardens located across Saxony. The SBG gGmbH is the largest cultural enterprise in Saxony and unites important architectural monuments of the Free State. On its behalf, taking into account monument preservation, museum and tourism issues, the employees are responsible for preserving, managing and presenting these places. A supervisory board is available for advice.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Articles of Association (PDF) ( Memento from March 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Printed matter of the Saxon State Parliament 1/907
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Printed matter of the Saxon State Parliament 2/10146
4. ↑ Printed matter of the Saxon State Parliament 3/8236
5. ↑ Castle Land of Saxony. In: https://www.schloesserland-sachsen.de/de/schloesser-burgen-gaerten/ . SBG gGmbH, April 29, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2019 . 
6. ↑ SBG gGmbH (Albrechtsburg Meißen); https://sachsen.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=sammlung&instnr=77&gesusa=58 Albrechtsburg
7. ↑ SBG gGmbH (Baroque Castle Rammenau); Baroque castle Rammenau
8. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Dresden Zwinger )
9. ^ City Lexicon Dresden AZ. Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1994, pp. 203 and 209 .; https://www.schloesserland-sachsen.de/de/schloesser-burgen-gaerten/stallhof-dresden  ; http://schloss-dd.mz.test.tu-dresden.de/menue-1/stallhof >
10. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Little Pheasant Castle Moritzburg )
11. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Brühl Terrace )
12. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Moritzburg Castle )
13. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Nossen Castle )
14. ↑ SBG g GmbH ( Pillnitz Castle )
15. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Rochlitz Castle )
16. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Weesenstein Castle )
17. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Gnandstein Castle )
18. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Kriebstein Castle )
19. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Mildenstein Castle )
20. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Stolpen Castle )
21. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Großsedlitz Baroque Garden )
22. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Great Garden Dresden )
23. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Altzella Abbey )
24. ↑ SBG gGmbH ( Colditz Castle )

literature

• Margitta Hensel, Matthias Donath: Moritzburg Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2015, ISBN 978-3-361-00707-9 .
• Margitta Hensel, Matthias Donath: Moritzburg Palace and Little Pleasent Palace. Edition Leipzig, 2015, ISBN 978-3-361-00707-9 .
• Falk Schulze, Simona Schellenberger: Gnandstein Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2012, ISBN 978-3-361-00676-8 .
• Andrea Dietrich, Dirk Welich: Pillnitz Palace and Park. Edition Leipzig, 2015, ISBN 978-3-361-00671-3 .
• Andrea Dietrich, Dirk Welich: Pillnitz Castle and Park. Edition Leipzig, 2015, ISBN 978-3-361-00672-0 .
• Jens Gaitzsch: Stolpen Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2012, ISBN 978-3-361-00704-8 .
• Falk Dießner, Matthias Donath: Baroque castle Rammenau. Edition Leipzig, 20015, ISBN 978-3-361-00706-2 .
• Wiebke Glöckner, Ingolf Gräßler: Mildenstein Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2012, ISBN 978-3-361-00675-1 .
• Dirk Welich, Matthias Donath: The Zwinger in Dresden. Edition Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-361-00668-3 .
• André Thieme, Matthias Donath: Meissen Albrechtsburg Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-361-00662-1 .
• Peter Wunderwald, Matthias Donath: Nosssen Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-361-00661-4 .
• André Thieme, Matthias Donath: Altzella Monastery. Edition Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-361-00663-8 .
• Roland doll, Matthias Donath: The large garden in Dresden. Edition Leipzig, 2012, ISBN 978-3-361-00677-5 .
• Birgit Finger, Andrea Dietrich: Weesenstein Castle. Edition Leipzig, 2015, ISBN 978-3-361-00671-3 .
• Simone Ruby: Großsedlitz Baroque Garden. Edition Leipzig, 2013, ISBN 978-3-361-00689-8 .
• Matthias Donath: Saxony's most beautiful palaces, castles and gardens. Edition Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-361-00667-6 .
• Folke Stimmel, Reinhardt Eigenwill, Heinz Glodschei a. a .: Stadtlexikon Dresden Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1994, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .
• Fritz Löffler: The old Dresden. 11th edition. Verlag EA Seemann, Leipzig, 1992, ISBN 3-363-00007-3 .
• State Palaces Castles and Gardens. Yearbooks Volume 1–15, Sandstein Verlag, Dresden.
• Regina Thiede: Colditz Castle . Edition Leipzig, 2013, ISBN 978-3-361-00687-4 .

Web links

• Official website