FALKENLUST PALACE BRÜHL
Possible use of the thaler / discounts
10 % discount on the admission price to Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces
Availability of the thaler
Yes, the castle has two of its own thaler motifs:
Augustusburg Palace and Falkenlust Palace.
Contact information
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Brühl Palaces
Falkenlust Palace
An Schloss Falkenlust
D-50321 Brühl
Phone: + 49 2232-44 000
E-mail: mail(at)schlossbruehl.de
Web: www.schlossbruehl.de/en/hunting-lodge-falkenlust/
Falkenlust Palace is not connected to public transportation.
The walk from Brühl train station through the park of Augustusburg Palace is 2.5 km (approx. 30-40 minutes).
Opening times
From March
Tuesday - Friday 9:00 - 16:00 (last admission)
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 -17:00 (last admission)
Monday closed
December, January, February closed
Falkenlust Palace is visited without a guided tour.
A visit to Augustusburg Palace is only possible as part of a guided tour included in the admission price.
Entrance fees
| Prices | Without guided tour |
| Adult / reduced | 7,00 EUR / 5,50 EUR |
| Groups from 15 persons | 5,50 EUR |
| Family A (2 adults and their school age children) | 15,00 EUR |
| Family B (1 adult and his/her school age children) | 9,50 EUR |
| Students (up to 30 years) | 4,00 EUR |
| School classes (per person) | 2,50 EUR |
COMBI TICKET (combined entrance to Augustusburg Palace and Falkenlust Palace)
| Prices | Combi Ticket |
| Adult / reduced | 15,00 EUR / 11,50 EUR |
| Groups from 15 persons | 11,50 EUR |
| Family A (2 adults and their school age children) | 30,50 EUR |
| Family B (1 adult and his/her school age children) | 19,00 EUR |
| Students (up to 30 years) | 7,500 EUR |
| School classes (per person) | 5,00 EUR |
Additional partners nearby
Further thaler motifs at the location and surroundings
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Brühl Palaces
Falkenlust Palace
An Schloss Falkenlust
D-50321 Brühl
Phone: + 49 2232-44 000
E-mail: mail(at)schlossbruehl.de
Web: www.schlossbruehl.de/en/hunting-lodge-falkenlust/
A romantic walk (2.5 km, approx. 30-40 minutes) from Augustusburg Palace in Brühl, on the edge of a secluded grove, is the Falkenlust Hunting Lodge, another charming sight and one of the favorite hunting lodges of the Cologne Elector and Archbishop Clemens August (1700/-61).
In just a few years between 1729 and 1737, one of the most intimate and precious creations of German Rococo was built according to the plans of the Elector's Bavarian court architect François de Cuvilliés.
The choice of building site for this hunting lodge was determined by the flight path of herons, the preferred prey of falconry. On their flight from their nests in Brühl Palace Park to their fishing grounds in the Old Rhine area near Wesseling, they were “stung” by the passionate falcon hunter Elector Clemens August and his hunting party with trained falcons.
After their hunting pleasures, courtly society would gather for supper and games in the sumptuously furnished interiors of Falkenlust Palace. Among the fully preserved rooms, the lavishly furnished cabinets stand out, which the young Mozart admired as early as 1763.
The Falkenlust hunting lodge, which was acquired from private ownership by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has been open to the public as a museum since 1974.
Together with Augustusburg Palace, Falkenlust Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984 as an example of a uniquely preserved rococo masterpiece in Germany.
From 1730, a chapel dedicated to Maria Aegyptiaca was built in the Falkenlustbusch in the immediate vicinity of the hunting lodge, which was decorated by Peter Laporterie in the form of an astonishing hermit's grotto with shells, minerals and crystals.