Events 2010
You can attend concerts, theater performances and re-enactments, and enjoy the spirit of Christmas in aristocratic surroundings. Selected events are presented here.
April 2010
Nossen castle
medieval event
April 10 and 11
Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. | Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The past comes to life at Nossen Castle. Medieval flair awaits the visitors, with tournament competitions by foot or on horseback, actors, music, jugglers and colorful market vendors.
Albrechtsburg castle Meissen
Albrecht's castle festival and Walpurgis night
April 30 to May 2
Jugglers, talented handcrafts and widely traveled traders enliven the newly-arranged castle courtyard. Market with merchants, jesters, goliards and tradespeople from near and far.
Pillnitz castle & park
Camellia in bloom in Pillnitz castle & park
mid-february to mid-april
Up to 35,000 crimson red blossoms are produced by the over 250 year-old Japanese Camellia. In winter it is protected by a moveable greenhouse. In the warmer seasons the greenhouse is then rolled off to the side of the Camellia. During its blossoming period, offshoots of Pillnitz’s Camellia, which is well-known far beyond the borders of its »home garden«, can be bought.
Weesenstein castle
border changes | 550 years Peace of Eger 1459
March 27, 2010 to February 27, 2011
The special exhibition for the 550th anniversary of the establishment of the frontier between Saxony and Bohemia in 2009, which is one of the oldest and most stable frontiers in Europe. The cross-border project with the Decin castle (Czech Republic) shows linking and separating aspects, as well as the mutual inspiration of culture and society.
