Augustusburg Palace
Schloss Augustusburg
A Renaissance hunting lodge on a hilltop, hailed as the 'Crown of the Ore Mountains', with a motorcycle museum and birds of prey shows.
Elector Augustus of Saxony built this hunting palace on a hilltop 516 m above sea level between 1568 and 1572. Laid out as a regular square with four wings, it is one of Germany's most important Renaissance castles. Inside you'll find Germany's largest motorcycle museum, a carriage museum, and exhibits on hunting and birds. The falconry grounds host daily birds of prey flying displays in summer, and the castle chapel has an altarpiece from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder. A combined ticket costs about €15. Take a train from Chemnitz to Erdmannsdorf, then transfer to the 1911 rack railway up the hill. The journey takes about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
April–October 09:30–18:00; winter 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Lichtenwalde Palace & Baroque Garden
- Scharfenstein Castle
- Saxon Railway Museum Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
- smac – State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz
- Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum am Theaterplatz
- Petrified Forest & Museum of Natural History
- Karl Marx Monument
- Roter Turm