Vinothek Hoflößnitz, Radebeul

The Hoflößnitz Mountain and Pleasure House in Radebeul-Oberlößnitz is the main building of the former electoral or royal Saxon, now municipal Hoflößnitz Winery.

The winery is located on the former country estate of the Wettin dynasty in the countryside of Lößnitz and was the center of the Saxon court vineyard estate for almost 500 years. The vineyard castle, also romantically called Schloss Hoflößnitz since historicism, was the manor house of the Saxon ruler when he stayed at the courtly Hoflößnitz vineyard estate, built from 1648 to 1650 as the first significant building project immediately after the Thirty Years' War. Elector Johann Georg I had it kept simple on the outside, while the inside hides a completely different kind of splendor: "Tropical peacocks, screaming red cockatoos, Brazilian parrots adorn the banqueting hall on the ceiling; there are eighty panel paintings in all, colorful and true to life - right down to the last tail tip."

The Berg- und Lusthaus is today the main building of the Saxon Wine Museum Hoflößnitz. The first floor presents the history of Saxon viticulture, while the upper floor, with the banqueting hall and the two living rooms and bedrooms of the Elector and Electress, is considered "one of the most remarkable examples of 17th century decoration".

The Hoflößnitz with its Berg- und Lusthaus, Presshaus, Kavalierhaus and wine press is listed as a "monument-preserving entity". The entire open and green space, including the surrounding vineyard landscape with the Goldener Wagen vineyard, is considered a work of "landscape and garden design" within the Historic Radebeul Vineyard Landscape monument protection area. The Hoflößnitz also includes the vintner's house with attached bakehouse located below and to the right of the entrance and gateway, respectively, as well as the former wooden courtyard to the left facing the ground, also with a vintner's house.