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Richard-Wagner-Staetten Graupa
Where Wagner’s
»Lohengrin« was Created
In a genuine burst of creative fervor, Richard Wagner created the musical
sketch for his romantic opera »Lohengrin« in Graupa. The career of
the famous composer began in 1843, when he was appointed Royal Saxon
Conductor at the Dresden Court Opera. Three years later, a summer
vacation took him to nearby Graupa. He rented a room on a farm and
was inspired by the idyllic natural landscape between Pillnitz and Saxon
Switzerland. With its reconstructed living and working rooms as well as
Hunting Lodge Graupa
Wagner’s living quarters in Lohengrinhaus
Experience Richard Wagner with all your senses
the exhibition on the opera »Lohengrin«, guests in the »Lohengrinhaus«
are given insights into the composer’s life.
The hunting lodge Graupa is within walking distance. Here, Wagner’s
life and work are shown in a modern multimedia exhibition. Listening
to the sounds of his music, many a visitor starts to dream and feels transported
to another time – including even of having a sense of being
a conductor.
Richard-
Wagner-Staetten
Graupa
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Directions
By car via A 17 exit Pirna, towards Pirna to exit Pirna-Graupa
By public transportation S-Bahn S 1 or S 2 to Pirna, continue from bus station with
bus line G / L to Graupa, Tschaikowskiplatz; bus line 83 to Graupa, Tschaikowskiplatz
Richard-Wagner-Staetten Graupa, Lohengrinhaus
Richard-Wagner-Strasse 6, 01796 Pirna
Hunting Lodge
Tschaikowskiplatz 7, 01796 Pirna, Telephone +49 (0) 35 01 4 61 96 50
wagnerstaetten@pirna.de, www.wagnerstaetten.de