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Winter Highlights 2019/2020

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Christmas magic in the Dresden Elbland region

Anyone who likes will love Dresden. A whole ten very distinct Christmas markets make the metropolis on the a veritable Christmas city. Christmas in Dresden – that also means festive church concerts, fairy tale readings and special exhibitions. Or how about a night lights cruise on the Elbe? Just as the river itself connects historic city-centre areas with gorgeous landscapes, so the Christmas period combines the many different activities across the entire Dresden Elbland region into one spellbinding attraction. englisch 585th Dresden ...... 2 Christmas cheer everywhere 5% discount for booking online Christmas markets in Dresden...... 4 Booking code: Winter Dresden 19 Christmas markets in the Elbland region ...... 6

Events November 2019 – February 2020...... 8

Unique experiences...... 20

starting at € 129 per person in a double room Exhibitions...... 22

• 2 nights‘ stay including daily gourmet breakfast Packages to book...... 24 • fresh fruits, one bottle of mineral water, cosy bathrobes Our service for you ...... 26 and slippers for the duration of your stay Overview map of Dresden Elbland ...... 28 • while away the time in the hotel’s own pool „Aurorabad“ with sauna world

Bookable from Nov. 1st, 2019 to Mar. 31st, 2020 (on request – subject to availability – excluding holidays)

Elbresidenz bonus: free admission to the bathing and sauna landscape of Toskana Therme with Liquid Meaning of event pictograms Sound® and sauna world – only 200m away Festival/party/event Immerse and experience: Music/concerts/opera/dance Sport T +49 35022 919700 | elbresidenz-bad-schandau.net Theatre/cabaret/literature Elbland region

Operating company: Hotel Elbresidenz an der Therme GmbH, Rudolf-Gröschner-Str. 11, 99518 Bad Sulza 1

Toskanaworld Anzeige HERBSch 2019 Winterauszeit 100x210 dt und mehrsprachig druck.indd 3 02.07.19 09:58 585th Dresden Striezelmarkt Themed days and festivities at the Striezelmarkt Dresden Calendar Festival 30/11/2019 Dresden Festival 1/12/2019

Dresden Striezelmarkt brings the best gifts of all into the city – and is 26th Dresden Stollenfest 7/12/2019 ‘s oldest Christmas market, now in its 585th year. Stroll the www.dresdnerstollen.com streets, eat some treats and fill your bags with Ore Mountain wood art, Dresden Pflaumentoffel Festival 8/12/2019 Pulsnitz gingerbread, Lusatian woad-dyed fabrics or Herrnhut stars. And Dresden Pyramid Festival 14/12/2019 of course you mustn’t forget a slice of original Dresdner Christstollen in Dresden Schwibbogen Festival 15/12/2019 the light of the huge tiered Ore Mountain candle pyramid. For children, there is a whole world of adventures: making a “Pflaumentoffel” house, Dresden Miners’ Christmas 21/12/2019 baking Christmas cookies at the bakery or visiting a puppet theatre, Dresden Kreuzkirche Day 22/12/2019 films, a nostalgic carousel and even a children‘s railway.

Dresden Stollenfest

27/11 –24/12/2019, daily 10 am – 9 pm 585th Dresdner Striezelmarkt, Altmarkt www.dresden.de/striezelmarkt

27/11/2019, 3 pm Ecumenical service and opening ceremony www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de

Sunday trading dates Dresdner Striezeltaler Dresden 8/12/2019 1/12 and 15/12/2019 This year will once again see the return of the Striezeltaler. For 10 euros, ­ 1/12 and 15/12/2019 you can get 11 tokens each worth 1 euro, meaning one token is for free. 8/12 and 15/12/2019 They will be accepted by all merchants at the Dresden Striezelmarkt. 1/12 and 15/12/2019 There is only a limited number of Striezeltalers, and they are available ­exclusively at the Dresden Information Office. Grossenhain 1/12 and 15/12/2019 www.striezeltaler.de 3 Opening ceremony in the Kreuzkirche

Christmas cheer everywhere Advent on Neumarkt square 28/11 – 22/12/2019: daily 11 am – 10 pm; 23/12/2019: 11 am – 8 pm www.weihnachtsmarkt-dresden-neumarkt.de

10th Neustädter Gelichter The Striezelmarkt alone does not make Dresden a Christmas city; Alaunstrasse, on the grounds of the Scheune, in the heart there are nine other differently themed markets, including one beneath of this trendy district the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) or the mediaeval market in the 28/11 – 23/12/2019 from 4 pm; weekends from 2 pm Stallhof (the palace stable yard). But the entire Elbland region is bathed www.neustaedter-gelichter.de in a festive Christmas atmosphere. On the village green of Altkötzschenbroda, the quiet marketplaces of Meissen and Pirna or in Augustusmarkt – international Christmas market the castle courtyard at Torgau, there is an amazing variety of enchanting Hauptstrasse, between the Golden Horseman and Gomondai-Platz Christmas markets. www.dresden-weihnachten.info 28/11 – 23/12/2019, Mon – Thu 11 am – 9 pm, Fri 11 am – 10 pm, Sat 10 am – 10 pm, Sun 10 am – 9 pm www.augustusmarkt.de Romantic Christmas market Dresdner Hüttenzauber at Postplatz square on the square beneath Dresden Royal Palace 28/11 – 23/12/2019, daily from 12 noon; outdoors until 10 pm, 28/11 – 24/12/2019, Sun to Thu 11 am – 8 pm, ­indoors until midnight Fri and Sat 11 am – 9 pm, 24/12/2019: 11 am to 2 pm www.huettenzauber-dresden.de www.romantischer-weihnachtsmarkt.com Dresdner Winterlichter – Christmas market on Prager Strasse Mediaeval Christmas market until at the Stallhof 28/11 – 23/12/2019, daily 10 am – 9 pm Dresden Royal Palace www.dresdner-winterlichter.de 27/11 – 23/12/2019: daily 11 am – 9.30 pm : 27/12 – 30/12/2019: daily 11 am to Elbhangfest Christmas Market 9 pm and 2/1 – 6/1/ 2020: daily 11 am – 8 pm At the Blue Wonder, selected traders present traditional www.mittelalter-weihnacht.de high-quality goods and delicacies in a romantic atmosphere. 2/12 – 17/12/2019 Christmas market at the Frauenkirche www.elbhangfest.de 27/11 – 24/12/2019, Sun – Thu 10 am – 9 pm, Fri/Sat 10 am – 10 pm, 24/12/2019: 10 am – 2 pm www.weihnachtsmarkt-dresden.de

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Christmas markets Germany’s first Christmas market on wheels The Weisseritz Valley railway connects all kinds of attractions in the Elbland region ­between Freital-Hainsberg and Kipsdorf 30/11 – 1/12/2019 www.weisseritztalbahn.com

Meissen Christmas 20th Torgau Fairy-tale Christmas Market 25/11 – 24/12/2019 marketplace www.meissner-weihnacht.de 6/12 – 22/12/2019 www.tic-torgau.de Canalettomarkt Pirna Christmas market with romantically lit marketplace Coswig SterneWeihnacht 26/11 – 23/12 and 27/12 – 30/12/2019 Christmas market in Coswig town centre www.canalettomarkt.de 6/12 – 8/12/2019 www.sterneweihnacht.de Proschwitz Christmas Unusual gift ideas from Saxon artisans and manufactories Manufactory Christmas at Schloss Wackerbarth Meissen, Schloss Proschwitz Selected Saxon manufactories present their craftsmanship 28/11 – 1/12/2019 Radebeul, Schloss Wackerbarth www.schloss-proschwitz.de 7/12 – 8/12/2019 www.schloss-wackerbarth.de Grossenhain Christmas Market 29/11 – 22/12/2019 Christmas spectacle at the palace with a mediaeval www.grossenhain.de atmosphere­ in the Strehla palace courtyards “Lichterglanz und Budenzauber” 14/12 – 15/12/2019 Christmas market in Radebeul Altkötzschenbroda www.strehla.de on the first three Advent weekends www.weihnachtsmarkt.radebeul.de Weinböhla Christmas market Kirchplatz 10th Freital Castle Advent at Schloss Burgk 4/12 – 6/12/2019 30/11 – 1/12/2019 and 7 – 8/12/2019 www.weinboehla.de www.freital.de/freitaler_schlossadvent

6 7 8/11 – 10/11/2019 Choco Classico – Dresden Chocolate Festival 25 exhibitors – including 14 manufacturers – present their creations ffZwinger, Dresden www.choco-classico.de

14/11/2019 – 5/1/2020 Christmas Garden Various light installations create a romantic fairy-tale Jan Vogler, Christmas atmosphere director of the Dresden Music Festival ffPillnitz palace grounds www.christmas-garden.de

Events November 2019 “Festivals. Dramas. Catastrophes. November 2019 – February 2020 As close as never before.” In the old vaults under Brühl’s Terrace, a new exhibition brings to life 450 years of Dresden’s history in spectacu- larly recreated multimedia room displays. ffDresden Fortress November 2019 www.festung-dresden.de

31/10 – 3/11/2019 17/11/2019 Cantate Dresden choir festival Palace concert for Dresden Music Festival 7th international choir meeting London Philharmonic Orchestra – Vladimir Jurowski ffin concert halls and churches – Jan Vogler www.musicandfriends.com Works by Benjamin Britten and Gustav Mahler ffKulturpalast Dresden 23/10 – 24/11/2019 www.musikfestspiele.com Jazztage Dresden 80 concerts – 40,000 visitors – 500 artists – 30 nations 17/11/2019, 10 am – 6 pm ffvarious events Dresden Open Studios Day www.jazztage-dresden.de with more than 100 participating artists and studios www.offene-ateliers-dresden.de 3/11/2019 41st Radebeul graphic arts market 19/11 – 31/12/2019

Some 100 artists, mainly from Radebeul and the surround- Carte Blanche Drag Theatre, Dresden – ing area, present their work, with prints, drawings, water­ Christmas show colours, collages, artist’s books, posters, catalogues and art The best from 35 years of Carte Blanche postcards. in one Christmas show incl. 3-course meal ffElbsporthalle ffCarte Blanche theatre www.radebeul.de www.carte-blanche-dresden.de

8 9 The Brothers Grimm – the origin of all fairy tales Caida del Cielo, HELLERAU

22/11 – 23/11/ | 13/12 – 15/12 | 20/12 – 29/12/2019 29/11 and 30/11/2019 The Brothers Grimm – The beginning of all fairy tales Spartacus The incredible story, in German, of the brothers Khachaturian’s ballet “Spartacus” is accompanied Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, beginning with the magic by the works of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev words: Once upon a time … ffConcert hall in the Kulturpalast ffBoulevardtheater www. dresdnerphilharmonie.de www.boulevardtheater.de/grimm 30/11 – 1/12/2019 27/11 – 24/12/2019 Lights & Fairy Tales – The Christmas season begins in the Dresden Elbland festival of lights at Schloss Wackerbarth region with the opening of the 585th Striezelmarkt and In association with the Landesbühnen Sachsen theatre, many other themed Christmas markets Schloss Wackerbarth turns into a fairy-tale world www.dresden-weihnachten.info of theatre and light ffSchloss Wackerbarth Radebeul www.schloss-wackerbarth.de 25/11 – 24/12/2019 Meissen Christmas 30/11 – 1/12/2019 and 7/12 – 8/12/2019 www.meissner-weihnacht.de 10th Freital Castle Advent Romantic Christmas market 28/11 – 1/12/2019 ffSchloss Burgk Proschwitz Christmas www.freital.de/freitaler_schlossadvent Saxon artisans and manufactories present unusual gift ideas 30/11 – 1/12/2019 ffSchloss Proschwitz, Meissen Germany’s first Christmas market on wheels www.proschwitz-events.de The Weisseritz Valley railway connects all kinds of attrac- tions on the route from Freital-Hainsberg to Kipsdorf 29/11 – 30/11/2019 www.weisseritztalbahn.com Granma. Trombones from Havana Stefan Kaegi/Rimini Protokoll (CH/DE) 30/11 and 1/12/2019 Young Cubans embark on a journey through time and Christmas market at the Aust wine estate ­intertwine their family stories with contemporary Cuba ffKarl Friedrich Aust wine estate, Radebeul ffHELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts www.weingut-aust.de www.hellerau.org 30/11 and 1/12/2019 29/11 – 22/12/2019 Big Band Christmas Vol. 7 Grossenhain Christmas market Chief conductor: Sebastian Haas ff ffMain marketplace Concert hall at Dresden University of Music www.grossenhain.de www.hfmdd.de/veranstaltungen

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on the first three Advent weekends “Lichterglanz & Budenzauber”

Christmas market in Radebeul ffRadebeul-Altkötzschenbroda www.weihnachtsmarkt-radebeul.de

1/12/2019 Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko Advent at WeinErlebnisWelt Meissen

Cosy Christmas market and Christmas concert 3/12 – 15/12/2019 with Elbland Philharmonie Sachsen All under one tree – German comedy by Lo Malinke ffWeinErlebnisWelt, Meissen’s wine experience Every Christmas, Elli and Robert hide a juicy secret from www.winzer-meissen.de their adult children, as they divorced years ago! ffComödie Dresden 1/12 and 15/12/2019, 11 am and 3 pm www.comoedie-dresden.de A Christmas fairy tale – Kathrinchen Zimtstern An exciting story about typical characters from Ore 4/12 – 6/12/2019 Mountain folk art – for big and small, from age 5 Weinböhla Christmas market ffDresdner FriedrichstaTT Palast Kirchplatz www.dresdner-friedrichstatt-palast.de www.weinboehla.de

1/12 | 4/12 | 11/12 and 12/12/2019 4/12/2019 Swing Christmas with the Swing Bell’s “Christmas” with the Philharmonix Swinging hits from the 30s and 40s Pop and classic Christmas hits ffBoulevardtheater ffConcert hall in the Kulturpalast www.boulevardtheater.de/swing-christmas www. dresdnerphilharmonie.de

2/12 – 6/12 | 9/12 – 13/12 2019, 5 pm 4/12/2019 Striezelmarkt music events Dresden Organ Cycle Visit the Kreuzkirche for the “Striezelmarktmusiken” events Christmas organ concert Time: 30 minutes, free entry ffKreuzkirche, Dresden ffKreuzkirche, Dresden www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de

5/12/2019 3/12 – 4/12 | 16/12 | 21/12 – 23/12 | 25/12 – 28/12 | Christmas in Rome 31/12/2019 Works by Antonio Vivaldi and Antonio Caldera Sandtheater Dresden: The ffFrauenkirche, Dresden “ and the Mouse King” by E. T. A. Hoffmann www.frauenkirche-dresden.de as a sand art show – fascinating images and great music ffBoulevardtheater 6/12 – 8/12/2019 www.boulevardtheater.de/sandtheater Coswig SterneWeihnacht Christmas market

Christmas market in Coswig town centre www.sterneweihnacht.de

12 13 6/12 – 22/12/2019 20th Torgau Fairy-tale Christmas Market

Marketplace www.tic-torgau.de

6/12 – 7/12/2019 Caída del Cielo Rocío Molina (ES) Untamed, virtuoso flamenco with a rock concert Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski, Dresden and performance art ffHELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts 8/12 – 9/12/2019 www.hellerau.org The T-Shirt Festival, XV Art and Design Market 6/12/2019, 7 pm ff“Scheune” cultural centre, Dresden Black market for useful knowledge and www.scheune.org non-knowledge No. 22 Captcha! Machines learn how to act from humans 8/12/2019, 5 pm who do not understand what they know Bach in Dresden – Advent music ffDeutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden Sublime chamber music: pastoral music and texts www.dhmd.de from the 17th and 18th centuries ffTaschenbergpalais Dresden, private chapel 7/12 | 8/12 | 10/12 | 14/12 | 15/12 | 21/12 | 22/12 | www.bachindresden.de 23/12/2019 Hansel and Gretel from 9/12/2019 on fairy-tale opera by Engelbert Humperdinck Lucia di Lammermoor ffDresden State Operetta Gaetano Donizetti’s moving bel canto opera www.staatsoperette.de with its famous “mad scene” aria! ffSemperoper Dresden 7/12 – 8/12/2019 www..de Manufactory Christmas market at Schloss Wackerbarth

Craftsmanship from exclusive Saxon manufactories 11/12/2019 ffSchloss Wackerbarth, Radebeul Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates www.schloss-wackerbarth.de Student teachers sing and play new and old Christmas carols 7/12/2019 ffConcert hall at Dresden University of Music 3rd Dresden Tuba Christmas www.hfmdd.de/veranstaltungen General direction: Prof. Jörg Wachsmuth ffConcert hall at Dresden University of Music 12/12/2019 www.hfmdd.de/veranstaltungen Wandlung IV Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61, 7/12 – 8/12/2019 Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 Christmas market at the MEISSEN manufactory Zurich Chamber Orchestra, violin and conductor

ffMeissen Porcelain Manufactory Daniel Hope www.erlebniswelt-meissen.com ffFrauenkirche, Dresden www.frauenkirche-dresden.de

14 15 18/12/2019 White Christmas Secret Christmas carols in German, English and Latin with the ensemble “Graces & Voices” ffFrauenkirche, Dresden www.frauenkirche-dresden.de

19/12/2019 Hansel and Gretel, Dresden State Operetta Thank you, Dresden – the big Advent concert with the Dresdner Kreuzchor boys’ choir ffRudolf-Harbig-Stadion from 13/12/2019 www.kreuzchor.de Hansel and Gretel The fairy-tale opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, ­imaginatively staged by Katharina Thalbach 21/12/2019 Short Film Day 2019 ffSemperoper Dresden www.semperoper.de ffvarious venues www.kurzfilmtag.com 14/12 – 15/12/2019 Christmas spectacle at the palace 21/12 – 22/12/2019 Christmas for all the family at the Hoflössnitz with a mediaeval atmosphere wine estate ffin the Strehla palace courtyards www.strehla.de Christmas market – theatre performances – live music ffHoflössnitz wine estate, Radebeul www.hofloessnitz.de 14/12 – 15/12/2019 Christmas market on island from 22/12/2019 ffMoritzburg Castle www.schloss-moritzburg.de The Nutcracker This ballet, choreographed by Aaron S. Watkin, is just as much a part of Christmas in Dresden as the Striezelmarkt! 15/12/2019 ffSemperoper Dresden Palace Christmas in Zabeltitz www.semperoper.de The Christmas market in and around the palace at Zabeltitz features Christmas delicacies, traditional ­handicrafts, toys and surprises 23/12/2019 Christmas vespers in front of the Frauenkirche ffZabeltitz, near Grossenhain www.grossenhain.de At the biggest regular open-air church service in Germany, tens of thousands of visitors get ready for Christmas ffNeumarkt square, Dresden 17/12 – 31/12/2019 www.frauenkirche-dresden.de Die Feuerzangenbowle – comedy by Heinrich Spörl The cult comedy about “Pfeiffer with three Fs” (Volker Zack) is back! 24/12/2019, 4 pm Nativity play by the Dresdner Kapellknaben boys’ choir ffComödie Dresden www.comoedie-dresden.de ffHofkirche (Catholic ), Dresden www.kathedrale-dresden.de

16 17 10/1 – 26/1/2020 Carousel – contemporary genres of Russian art This themed festival presents the wide variety of contem- porary Russian theatre, dance and music productions ffHELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts www.hellerau.org

18/1 and 19/1/2020 The Nutcracker, Semperoper Dresden Mahler 5 Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction 25/12/2019, 10.30 am of Jonathan Nott delves into the world of Gustav Mahler’s Pontifical Mass with the , with orchestral mass fifth symphony Staatskapelle Dresden, cathedral choir and Dresdner ffConcert hall in the Kulturpalast Kapellknaben boys’ choir www. dresdnerphilharmonie.de ffHofkirche (Catholic Cathedral), Dresden www.kathedrale-dresden.de 11/1 – 12/1/2020 3rd FIS Cross-Country Sprint Skiing World Cup 25/12/2019 – 1/1/2020 Top-class winter sports on the banks of the Elbe, Meissen winter market right in front of the famous city skyline

www.meissner-weihnacht.de ffKönigsufer, Dresden www.skiweltcup-dresden.de 25/12/2019, 6 am Shepherd’s Mass by the Dresdner Kreuzchor boys’ choir from 26/1/2020 ffKreuzkirche, Dresden Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg www.kreuzchor.de Richard Wagner’s opera under the musical direction of ­principal conductor Christian Thielemann ffSemperoper Dresden www.semperoper.de JANUARY 2020

1/1/2020 “New Year’s Concert” gala concert in the Wall Pavilion FEBRUARY 2020 ffZwinger, Dresden www.-konzerte.de 7/2/2020 15th Semper Opera Ball 2/1 | 8/1 | 15/1 | 22/1/2020 ffSemperoper Dresden | Theaterplatz square Kids on Ice – skating course www.semperopernball.de Children learn how to skate or do tricks with the help of a professional trainer 21/2/2020 ffCourtyard of the Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Hotel, Palace concert for Dresden Music Festival Dresden Berliner Philharmoniker & Kirill Petrenko www.kempinski.com/dresden Works by Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Sergei Rachmaninoff ffKulturpalast, Dresden www.musikfestspiele.com

18 19 1/12 | 8/12 | 15/12/2019 Festive Dusk Evening tour and organ magic in Dresden’s Advent season, incl. 3-course meal ffDresden www.sachsen-traeume.de

7/12 | 14/12 | 21/12/2019 Amazing architectural advent puzzle

Explore the cosy town of Meissen with an exclusive cathedral tour and organ concert, including 3-course evening meal ffMeissen Wine & dine in the Chinese Pavilion at Schloss Proschwitz www.sachsen-traeume.de

8/12 | 15/12/2019, 12 – 2.30 pm Stately Advent meal Unique experiences reception, little tour of Schloss Proschwitz, 3-course meal served with wine & mineral water: € 60 p.p. (for groups of 10 and more. reservation required) ffSchloss Proschwitz, Meissen 23/11/2019 – 1/2/2020 www.proschwitz-events.de Ice rink in the Taschenbergpalais Winter magic in the heart of the city centre 13/12/2019, 6.30 – 11 pm ffCourtyard of the Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Hotel, Christmas tasting menu

Dresden 5-course meal served with wine, mineral water & and a top www.kempinksi.com/dresden tipple from the Meissen specialty distillery: € 140 p.p. (for groups of 20 and more. reservation required) 26/11 – 23/12/2019, daily from 3.30 – 5 pm ffSchloss Proschwitz, Meissen Christstollen Cruise www.proschwitz-events.de Route: Terrassenufer – Blasewitz – Terrassenufer ff“August der Starke” motor ship 13/12 | 31/12/2019, both at 5.30 pm www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de Winterly delights with the MEISSEN Chocolate Girl

Themed dinner and costumed tour of the workshop 26/11 – 21/12/2019, Tue – Sat, 6.30 – 10 pm and museum Glittering Advent ffMeissen Porcelain Manufactory 3-course Christmas meal and piano music www.erlebniswelt-meissen.com Route: Terrassenufer – Pillnitz – Terrassenufer ff“August der Starke” motor ship 15/12/2019 www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de High-proof winter hike

Hike through the vineyard with wine-growers and 1/12 | 8/12 | 22/12/2019, 11 am – 10 pm warming­ drinks Advent Lunch ffWeinErlebnisWelt, Meissen’s wine experience Winterly lunch buffet accompanied by piano music www.winzer-meissen.de Route: Terrassenufer – Pillnitz – Terrassenufer ff“August der Starke” motor ship 18/12/2019 – 5/1/2020 www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de 24th Dresden Christmas Circus ffOstragehege fairground, Dresden www.dresdner-weihnachts-circus.de

20 21 16/11/2019 – 1/3/2020 Winter exhibition: “Three Wishes for Cinderella” Winter exhibition on the cult German-Czech film ffMoritzburg Castle www.schloss-moritzburg.de

23/11/2019 – 2/6/2020 Albrechtsburg Castle, Meissen: “You are the art! – Fascinating interactive illusions from China” 18 large-format 3D paintings on all kinds of subjects. But something crucial is missing – you! ffAlbrechtsburg Castle, Meissen Moritzburg Castle www.albrechtsburg-meissen.de

30/11/2019 – 1/3/2020 Exhibitions The Plastic Animals’ Conference – Soviet toy design meets GDR classics Many designs for these figures, once so popular throughout the Soviet Union, came from graduates of the Academy of Arts of the USSR and the Art and Industry Academy, until 19/4/2020 both in what was then Leningrad. These are compared “Of Plants and People” with classic East German toy animals. The result is A Stroll Around the Green Planet a German-Soviet version of Erich Kästner’s “Animals’ ffDeutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden Conference”, in plastic. www.dhmd.de ffStadtmuseum (City Museum) Dresden www.stadtmuseum-dresden.de | www.museen-dresden.de from September 2019 Augustus the Strong’s State Apartments new, from 7/12/2019 To celebrate his son’s marriage to the daughter of Old Masters Picture Gallery and Sculpture Collection, the Austrian Emperor in 1719, Augustus the Strong ordered newly presented a suite of late state apartments to be constructed The Saxon prince electors’ passion for collecting laid in his royal palace. The five rebuilt baroque chambers the foundations for today’s State Art Collections. will be opened on the 300th anniversary of their glamorous Now, important elements from the collections can be seen wedding. in a new presentation of the Old Masters’ paintings and ffDresden Royal Palace the sculptures. www.skd.museum ffSemper Building at the Zwinger www.skd.museum from November 2019 “Festivals. Dramas. Catastrophes. until the summer of 2020 As close as never before.” “Zwinger Xperience: The Wedding of the Century 1719” In the old vaults under Brühl’s Terrace, a new exhibition A unique cinematic experience with an audiovisual 270° brings to life 450 years of Dresden’s history in spectacularly panoramic projection (4 × 30 m) transports you to baroque recreated multimedia room displays. Dresden. ffDresden Fortress ffDresdner Zwinger courtyard www.festung-dresden.de www.zwinger-Xperience.de

22 23 Packages to book

Dresden 3 for 2 incl. museums Dive into tradition while discovering new things. Get a special 3-for-2 rate for your accommodation, and enjoy the winter-time in Dresden. You will also have free entry to 16 museums. (May be booked at participating hotels, subject to availability)

Includes ff3 nights for the price of 2 from € 120 in a double or single room including breakfast each (double ffDresden Museums Card: room) 2 days of free entry to 16 museums and exhibitions, Dresden’s supreme plus many other discounts on tours and events and at restaurants, museums and shops Anzeigetemptation 1/1

DresdnerSchutzverband Christstollen® combines Dresd tasty tradition- and a Guided city tour passion for the trade, both upheld by the bakers and pastry The special Advent tour run makers of Schutzverband Dresdner e. V. from € 8 ner Stollen e.V. by the Dresden Information Office Only this association is permitted to make genuine A tour through the Christmas Old Town and DresdenDaten stollen, bis 11.6. recognised by the golden seal of quality – a visit to some of the loveliest Christmas markets. and of course by its unmistakable taste. 29/11 – 23/12/2019, 4 pm daily

Dresden Welcome Cards A unique experience Dresden Welcome Cards are your ideal Dresden compan- 7 DECEMBER 2019 ions, and offer a number of from € 11 benefits: free bus and tram travel, free entry to muse- ums and exhibitions, and many discounts on recreation, culture, dining and excur- sions.

Book these and other packages now: Tel. +49 351-501 501 or [email protected] www.dresden.de/reiseangebote oder www.dresden.de/tourismus

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Dresden tourist information offices ffDresden Information Office at the Frauenkirche Neumarkt 2, 0106 Dresden ffDresden Information Office at the main train station Wiener Platz 4, 01069 Dresden ffDresden Information Office at the Striezelmarkt, open daily

Hotline: Mon – Sat: 9 am – 6 pm, Tel. +49 351-501 501 [email protected] | www.dresden.de/tourismus

Tourismusverband Elbland Dresden e. V. Dresdner Strasse 7, 01662 Meissen, Tel.: +49 3521-76350, Fax -763540 [email protected] | www.dresden-elbland.de

Barrier-free access For people with disabilities, Dresden Elbland has various ­barrier-free tourist attractions, many of which can be found in the free “Accessible Tourism in ” brochure or online at: www.sachsen-barrierefrei.de

CREDITS Publisher: Dresden Marketing GmbH, Messering 7, 01069 Dresden, www.marketing.dresden.de Design: Sandstein Kommunikation GmbH | Printing: Siblog GmbH Photos: ddpix (p. 2/3), Michael Schmidt (p. 3, 15), Sylvio Dittrich (p. 4/5), Norbert Millauer (p. 6/7), Marco Grob (p. 8), Robert Jentzsch (p. 10), Simone Fratini (p. 11), Monika Rittershaus (p. 13), Stephan Floß (p. 16), Ian Whalen (p. 18), Weingut Schloss Proschwitz (p. 20), Schlösserland Sachsen/Claudia Hübschmann (p. 22), Uwe Zänker (p. 26)

Editorial deadline: 05/2019 Subject to alterations!

This brochure is co-financed from public funds based on the budget drawn up by the members of the Saxon State Parliament.

26 Torgau HOME TO LUTHER AND THE RENAISSANCE

Zabeltitz Picturesque Elbe Saxon wine estates Wine Route moritzburg Elbe cycle path strehla diesbar- seusslitz

weinböhla radebeul AND ITS WINES coswig HELLERAU GARDEN CITY meissen

Elbe

Elbe cycle path

pillnitz dresden

graupa Elbe cycle path

Elbe cycle path Elbe

pirna GATEWAY TO SAXON SWITZERLAND

S-Bahn route 1 Lössnitzgrundbahn railway

Cultural tram route, Bus route 477 No. 4 NEW YEAR’S EVE AT SCHLOSS WACKERBARTH at the Christmas markets of Dresden

Saunter between the years, wines and worlds of ComeStriezelmarkt Dresden wonderful music in and around our location. Altmarkt Dresdner Winterlichter visit us Castle: Prager Straße Festive menu and dance with Jazzacuda

You can also visit us at our coffee shop near the Restaurant: Frauenkirche or at the Schloßcafé Emil Reimann Select menu next to the Terraces: (Dresdner Residenzschloß). Fireworks with sparkling wine reception Wine cellar: Dance and buffet Vinothek: Sparkling wine night with midnight soup and a discotheque

You can find all of our Reservation +49 351.89 55-0 and www.schloss-wackerbarth.de traditional delicacies on our website : www.emil-reimann.de