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Gaussig Castle
The Oberlausitz, the "Garden at the gates of Dresden" was the favourite area of Saxony's aristocracy for acquiring estates and building beautiful residences. Gaussig Castle is a very special refuge where those wanting to relax and those just wishing to stay overnight are given an aristocratic welcome to the elegant atmosphere of a truly palatial castle.You are given a warm welcome which makes you feel like a friend of the family, and friendly, personal service makes you feel at home and creates a very personal atmosphere and a feeling of comfort.The magnificent castle, maintained in its majestic, Palladian style with its almost 30 hectare large landscape park, with its elegant halls and salons, the individual guest rooms appointed with antiquities and precious fabrics that breathe history and have been adapted to modern-day requirements of comfort and luxury with loving care, invites you to enjoy an aristocratic atmosphere of peace and quiet, pleasure, relaxing moments in the spa, stress-free conferences and elegant festivities. Prices from €95.00 - €130.00 single rooms with breakfast, €145.00 - €195.00 double rooms with breakfast, €180.00 - €230.00 suites with breakfast.
Leisure Activities
• trips to Dresden with its dungeon, the Semper Oper, the Portrait Gallery and the Brühl Terraces – all this is only about 40 minutes west of Gaussig,
• trips to the Oberlausitz region with its centuries-old cities of Bautzen, Görlitz, Zittau and to the nearby Bohemia region in the Czech Republic or Silesia (Poland),
• a guided tour around our neighbouring Castle Rammenau,
• the Elbe Sandstone Mountains with their legendary formations are only 40 minutes away by car
We will be happy to help you select the right programme.
History
Gaussig has been a manor since 1245 and over the years has had several owners.
The present house was built in baroque style around 1700 by the owner of the day Rudolph von Neitschütz and his wife. Ursula was the mistress of Saxony's Electoral Prince Johann Georg III; similarly, her daughter was the first official mistress of Johann Georg IV, the brother of August the Strong.
From 1747 to 1750 the new owner Heinrich Count of Brühl had a baroque garden built from plans drawn up by the Chief State Architect Johann Christoph Knöffel; the garden's circular pavilion and the canal still exist today.
From 1750 to 1766 the house was owned by Hermann Carl Count of Keyserlingk, the Russian envoy at the Saxon Court and one of the patrons of the composer and harpsichordist Goldberg who lent his name to the famous Goldberg Variations, which were often played in the house.
Around 1800 the park, which was commissioned by Henriette Countess of Schall-Riaucour with the assistance of Chief State Architect Christian Friedrich Schuricht and a certain Lord Findlater, took on the landscaped shape which has been preserved to this day. The house was converted by Schuricht to Palladian Classicism, with plaster ashlar on the projections, lions' heads and drapes in the curved arches etc. In this era the entrance area (vestibule with Ionian columns), the Garden Room, with herms as bearers of the cornice pieces over the side doors, was also redesigned.
The cemetery was built in 1880 and the chapel was built in 1894.
In 1907 the library was added to the south side and several rooms were redesigned. Saxony's last king Friedrich August III spent almost every year at Gaussig to go deer-hunting.
In 1945 the house was confiscated form the owners of the day and then used by the Soviet Red Army and later the CDU political party. From 1950 to 1992 the Technical University of Dresden looked after the park and used the castle as a club for its professors and as a conference centre.
In 2005 Estate Gaussig became the property of the family of Andreas Count of Brühl-Pohl. The house was carefully renovated and restored over a three year period in order to give its guests an authentic backdrop to their stay.
Arrangements
Oberlausitz entdecken - Schlosshotel Gaussig
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Schloss Gaussig ist der ideale Standort um die Oberlausitz ganz individuell zu entdecken. Ob Brühl’sche Terrassen in Dresden, ob Görlitz mit der fantastisch erhaltenen Altstadt, ob Sie auf Kaspar David Friedrichs Spuren am Oybin wandeln oder das Zittauer Fastentuch besuchen möchten – all diese lohnenswerten Orte erreichen Sie in jeweils nur rund 45 min. von Schloss Gaussig aus. More InfoBooking Request: Gaussig Castle
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