Schloss Moritzburg, Baroque château in Zeitz, Germany

Schloss Moritzburg is a Baroque palace in Zeitz built from 1657 to 1667 as a three-winged complex with a central tower on the main wing, replacing a medieval bishop's castle. Its pale yellow stone walls and red-tiled roofs enclose a rectangular courtyard, with a dark dome and lantern on a square tower at one end and a lower red conical roof on a round corner tower. The cathedral on the site was converted into the castle church.

A royal castle given to the Bishop of Zeitz in 976 was rebuilt from 1657 to 1667 as a residence for the Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz, on plans by Johann Moritz Richter. The medieval bishop's castle became a three-winged complex with a central tower, the cathedral was converted into the castle church, and a bastion ring with casemated redoubts and a monumental gatehouse was added. After the Saxe-Zeitz line died out in 1718 the palace passed to Electoral Saxony, and in 1815 to Prussia.

The cathedral on the site became the castle church, and its crypt holds the burial place of the Dukes of Saxe-Zeitz. The courtly grounds once held pleasure gardens, a riding arena, a menagerie and orangeries. Since 1931 the castle has housed a museum, now with seven permanent exhibitions, among them the German Pram Museum.

The museum in the main building holds around 250,000 objects, including the German Pram Museum and historic furniture from the Renaissance to the 19th century. The gatehouse houses the Johannes Lebek print-art collection and the Lutheriden Association library. The castle park, rebuilt for the 2004 state garden show, lies across the Floßgraben and includes a Japanese garden near the Albrechtstrasse entrance.

The cathedral of St. Peter and Paul stands within the castle grounds and was converted into the castle church, with a crypt serving as the burial place of the Dukes of Saxe-Zeitz. The museum in the main building holds around 250,000 objects, including the German Pram Museum and a collection of historic furniture from the Renaissance to the 19th century.