Moritzburg

Moritzburg is a small town near Dresden in Germany. The town is famous for the old hunting castle of the Saxon kings. Beautifully restored from the in- and outside. It is host to a collection of historic horse carriages.

Understand
In Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic it is also well known as the site where the 1973 fairytale film "Three Wishes for Cinderella" (Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel or Tři oříšky pro Popelku, literally "three hazelnuts for Cinderella"), a Czechoslovakian–East German co-production, was filmed.



By train
There is a narrow gauge steam train from Radebeul-Ost, which in turn is served by Dresden S-Bahn trains and the Dresden–Leipzig regional express.

is a bit off the town centre, about 1.4 km south of the castle. In the railway building, there is a small café/diner.

The next station with long-distance traffic is Dresden-Neustadt, from where bus 477 connects to Moritzburg every half hour (see below).

By bus
Public buses are both cheaper and more frequent than the steam train that is primarily a tourist attraction and only secondarily a mode of transport. To and from Dresden you should take bus 477 (half-hourly, taking 27 min from Dresden-Neustadt station to, a few steps from the castle). Moritzburg Schloss is a one-way stop; for the bus back to Dresden, you have to walk a few hundred metres to.

From Meißen take the S1 train to Coswig Bahnhof and from there bus 405 to Moritzburg.

Public transport
All information about public transport is available at the homepage of the Public transport authority Upper Elbe (VVO).

Do

 * Walking through the forests around Moritzburg
 * Carriage ride

Go next

 * Radebeul, 8 km south (linked by heritage railway)
 * Radeburg, 8 km north – small old town
 * Dresden, 16 km southeast (half hour by bus)
 * Meißen, 16 km west (bus 405 and train S1 with interchange in Coswig Bahnhof)