FALKENLUST PALACE
Falkenlust Palace is considered one of the favorite pleasure palaces of the Cologne Elector and Archbishop Clemens August of Bavaria (1700 - 1761).
The Falkenlust hunting lodge was built between 1729 and 1737 according to the plans of the electoral Bavarian court architect François de Cuvilliés. It is considered one of the favorite pleasure palaces of the Cologne Elector and Archbishop Clemens August of Bavaria (1700 - 1761).
After the pleasures of falconry, courtly society would gather for supper and games in the palace's sumptuously furnished interiors.
The lavishly furnished cabinets, which the young Mozart admired as early as 1763, stand out among the fully preserved rooms.
In 1984, Falkenlust Palace, together with Augustusburg Palace, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as an example of a uniquely preserved rococo Gesamtkunstwerk in Germany.