Delitzsch

The Leipzig Region tourism website says of Delitzsch Baroque Palace: "First built as a medieval moated castle, the building served as a traveler's residence for Saxon rulers and as accommodation for the administrative offices of the sovereign. The castle was first redesigned in the Renaissance style. After the division of the Saxon lands and the takeover of the Principality of Saxe-Merseburg, the castle was chosen as a dowager's residence for duchesses. The renewed reconstruction gave the ensemble its French character. From 1860, the residence was used as a women's prison for several years until the town of Delitzsch finally bought the castle and the museum moved in. The baroque castle also houses the tourist information office, a sound vault, the registry office and the district music school."