At least seven hundred years of construction and demolition, alteration and preservation have produced a palace that features every style from Gothic to Neoclassical within its walls. The particular history of its construction has resulted in a real architectural oddity: since the palace was started at the highest point of the rock, built from the top downwards as it were, the stables and vaulted cellars are actually higher than the third-floor residential suites of later periods. The lower palace is furnished with period furniture and wallpaper to convey a sense of life in the nineteenth century, and presents an exhibition on the palace's presumably most famous owner, King John of Saxony.
Weesenstein Palace
Address
Am Schlossberg 1
01809 Müglitztal
Opening hours
April to October: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm, November to March: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, 25.11.2025 to 11.01.2026 Tuesday - Sunday 2 pm - 8 pm (Spook under the Christmas tree); Closing days: Monday, 21 - 24.11.2025, 24.12.2025, 25.12.2025, 31.12.2025
Prices
Adults: 8 euros, concessions: 7 euros, children (6 - 16 years): 1 euro, children's groups with guided tour: 3 euros per child, annual pass 15 euros (entitles the holder to visit the museum and purchase event tickets at a reduced price)
The Euroregion Culture Card is valid here.
Offers
audio guideguided tourscafeshopspecial exhibitions
Event programme (concerts, festivals, markets)
Thematic guided tours (tailored to school curriculum) for project days, excursions, school-related and extracurricular activities Adventure guiede tours and programmes for schools, daycare centres and for private gatherings such as children's birthday parties, etc. with Museum Mobile
Audio guides in English, Czech, Polish and Russian (plus separate audio guides for children in each language) Exhibition texts in English and Czech Guided tours in English, Czech and Russian by previous arrangement
handicapped accessible toilet, limited handicapped accessible
Arrival
From Weesenstein train station directions_railway directions_bus it is an easy walk of approx. 1 km to the castle. From the bus stop "Weesenstein Gemeindeamt" directions_railway directions_bus it is about 750 m. It is best to always walk along the road, then you can't miss it.
There is a paid parking lot below the castle on the road. But it fills up quite quickly. Around 700 m away, however, there is a larger parking lot, which is also subject to a charge.
