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.
May 2010
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.
Kriebstein castle
medieval castle festival
May 8 and 9
Experience knight fights and juggling, go behind old castle walls and see for yourself who was convicted on the castle yard. Kriebstein celebrates a lavish festival with music, theater to think about, handicraft presentations and delicacies.
Weesenstein castle
19th Weesenstein medieval festival
May 22 to 24, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Weesenstein nobility coming together to take part in tournaments in maid’s honor. Reason indeed to celebrate a wonderful Pentecost festival with a medieval market, authentic handicrafts and numerous events and attractions for the whole family.
Albrechtsburg castle Meissen
White gold
May 8 to October 31
300 years of the legend of the Meissen manufactory: Albrechtsburg castle as a porcelain palace. In its anniversary year 2010, Albrechtsburg castle gleams once again in the splendor of »white gold«. At the historical location, unique testimonials tell stories of the efforts and artistic achievements of the now »invisible manufactory «. Selected works of early Meissen porcelain return to where they were created.
Stolpen castle
Napoleon bivouac
May 29
Revive the period around 1813 in a Napoleonic encampment, organized by clubs dedicated to recreating this period in history. An exciting day filled with authentic camp life, show exercises, rifle practice, fighting and, finally, the military tattoo.
Mildenstein castle
A symbol of power built in stone
May
The second part of the new permanent exhibition opens in one of the oldest castles in Saxony. It provides information on the castle as residence and seat of power of the Wettins. A Baroque kitchen, the office and the knights‘ halls allow for a view into everyday life inside the mighty castle walls.
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.
