5 Sights in Moritzburg, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Moritzburg, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in Moritzburg, Germany.

Sightseeing Tours in Moritzburg

1. Fasanenschlösschen

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The Fasanenschlösschen is a palace complex in the municipality of Moritzburg near Dresden, which was built on behalf of the Princely House of Wettin. It is located in the pheasantry of the castle park of Moritzburg, which was created in 1728 and is named after the pheasant breeding carried out there. The castle is located at the Niederer Großteich Bärnsdorf; in its immediate vicinity there are ponds and forests, gardens and the Moritzburg lighthouse, which was also built in the 18th century. The building is visually connected to Moritzburg Castle, 1.9 kilometres away to the west, by a visual axis.

Wikipedia: Fasanenschlösschen (Moritzburg) (DE), Website

2. Moritzburg Castle

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Moritzburg Castle

Moritzburg Castle or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden. The castle has four round towers and lies on a symmetrical artificial island. It is named after Duke Moritz of Saxony, who had a hunting lodge built there between 1542 and 1546. The surrounding woodlands and lakes were a favourite hunting area of the electors and kings of Saxony.

Wikipedia: Moritzburg Castle (EN), Website

3. Leuchtturm

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The lighthouse in Moritzburg is an internal lighthouse in Saxony. Staffage construction (Folly) was created in the late 18th century as part of a backdrop for seaside battles (Naumachie). It is the only lighthouse built for this purpose in Germany and at the same time one of the oldest inland lamps in the Federal Republic.

Wikipedia: Leuchtturm Moritzburg (DE)

4. Sächsische Gestütsverwaltung, Landgestüt Moritzburg

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The Moritzburg State Stud is the state stud of the states of Saxony and Thuringia. It is located in Moritzburg near Dresden. Together with the Graditz Main Stud, it forms the Saxon Stud Administration and has been a commercially oriented state-owned enterprise since 2004.

Wikipedia: Landgestüt Moritzburg (DE), Website

5. Wildgehege Moritzburg

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Wildgehege Moritzburg

The Moritzburg Wild Monument is a wild park of about 40 hectares in the municipality of Moritzburg, Saxony, about ten kilometres from the capital of Dresden. The facility belongs to the state establishment Sachsenforst.

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