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Luisium, snake house

under Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessauaround 1790/95

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany

The snake house, built in the neo-Gothic style, served as a guest house from the beginning and can still be rented as a holiday home today. Its name comes from the vernacular, which derived it from the copper gargoyle in dragon shape on the roof.

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  • Title: Luisium, snake house
  • Creator: under Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau
  • Date Created: around 1790/95
  • Location Created: Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz, Luisium
  • Rights: Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz
State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

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