The four-towered baroque jewel, embedded in an extensive pond and park, invites you to dream. Especially in winter, the silhouette of the castle, which served as the backdrop for the fairytale film “Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella”, enchants its visitors. In addition to the nearby Fasanenschlösschen, unique events such as the large stallion parade, which recalls the breeding tradition in the electoral stables, or the large fairytale exhibition on the winter dream “Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella” are important highlights.
The palace chapel, built in 1661 under Elector Johann Georg II and later consecrated as a Catholic church, is still a place of regular worship today. Elector Augustus the Strong had grand plans for Moritzburg Palace: he wanted to build a “Temple of Diana”, surrounded by exotic animal enclosures and staged naval battles on the palace pond. After his death, the conversion remained unfinished, but the overall work of art of architectural clarity and scenic harmony remains impressive to this day.
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The Wettin Forestry Administration is a private family forestry business and manages over 1000 hectares of forest between Radebeul and Friedewald. Located in the district of Meißen, just a few kilometers north of the state capital Dresden, the landscape and forest around Moritzburg is a popular destination for excursions. In addition to the naturally positive functions such as recreation, nature and climate protection and water catchment area, the forest also provides the basis for forestry and hunting management.
The close cooperation with the Technical University (Tharandt branch), other forestry operations and other institutions with a connection to the forest and nature is constantly maintained and expanded by us. In this way, we enable a near-natural and, above all, ecological and future-oriented forestry, from which you as a forest visitor or as a customer of our timber sales will benefit for a long time.
The timber sales on our premises in Spitzgrund offer you an extensive range of products from wood chips and firewood to Swedish firewood, planks and squared timber. Let us convince you of our regional products!
