You can attend concerts, theater performances and re-enactments, and enjoy the spirit of Christmas in aristocratic surroundings. Selected events are presented here.
August 2012
Newly restored weapons and not yet shown paintings are presented to the public for the first time.
August
Unusual, glamorous and very close to tradition – on numerous stages well-known artists will be presenting a high-class programme ranging from classical music to swing.
5 Aug | 11am-06pm
Romantic dreams of flowers at Weesenstein Castle – a summerly serene garden party with a potpourri of flowers, blossoms and gardens as well as delicacies for all senses.
5 to 19 Aug
Top musicians from all over the world in unique chamber music ensembles.
23 Jun | 21 Jul | 11 Aug
SummerNightDreams at Rammenau Baroque Castle to be experienced in multifaceted ways: romantic, with music and delectable. The “Experience Night” awaits you for the third dream in the series.
25 to 26 Aug
The Linnen Days will be an experience not only for the enthusiast of noble linen and craftsmanship of olden days. Apart from presentations of old crafts, Saxony’s largest artisan and designer market offers visitors of all ages a most varied cultural programme.
23rd of June to 7th October
Silver is both a mineral and a precious metal. It is valuable and has been used in many ways since the dawn of humanity. Wonderful, attractive silver articles, some formed by nature and others man made, will be on display.
Reach for the top! In the new permanent exhibition, visitors will experience, apart from its history of being used as a place of manufacture, the residential areas in the castle, its historical conversion and aspects of Saxon state history.
Newly discover the fortress, the place where in 1707 Johann Friedrich Boettger invented the European porcelain in his laboratory deeply underneath the Virgin’s Bastion.
