Schloss Mosigkau
Ⓒ Uwe Weigel
Schloss Mosigkau
Ⓒ Uwe Weigel
Sie sind Gast in der WelterbeRegion?
Jetzt Feedback geben und tolle Preise gewinnen!

Mosigkau Castle and Park

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mosigkau Palace was built as a summer residence for princess Anna Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau (1715-1780). Affectionately referred to as “little Sanssouci,” house and garden are one of the few largely preserved rococo ensembles in central Germany.

From here, a wonderful view opens into a small pleasure garden. There, colorful flowers, a hedge area with a bowling arbor and a maze beckon visitors to enter. The orangeries house exotic potted plants, some of them centuries old, which adorn the garden parterre during the summer months.

Services included in the »WelterbeCard:

Free guided tour of the castle

Further information:

Schloss Mosigkau
Knobelsdorffallee 2-3
06847 Dessau-Roßlau OT Mosigkau

Tel. 0340 50255721
schloss-mosigkau@gartenreich.de
www.gartenreich.de

Document
parkplan-mosigkau.pdf131.12 KB

 

Image
Schloss Mosigkau
Ⓒ Uwe Weigel

Schlossentré

Anna Wilhelmine, the favorite daughter of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau, commissioned the Mosigkau Palace in 1752. The first designs for it probably came from the architect of Sanssouci Palace, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, but the unmarried princess herself helped to decorate the house with great skill and sensitivity. The highlight of the Rococo ensemble is the Garden Hall. It contains a section with baroque paintings, whose arrangement is almost completely preserved – a rarity in Europe. Among them are remarkable works by Flemish and Dutch masters, including Anthonis van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Image
Schlosspark Mosigkau
Ⓒ Uwe Weigel

View of the castle park

The princess used her summer residence for cures prescribed by her doctor: water treatments, herbs and plenty of exercise. She also often received visitors. It is said that a stay in Mosigkau, comprising dinners, promenades and art, is always a special experience. Contemporary visitors can evaluate the experience firsthand.

In her last will, the lady of the castle stipulated that a convent for noble unmarried women was to be established in the castle. The convent existed from 1780 until 1945.