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Mückenschlösschen (Little Mosquito Castle)

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Mückenschlösschen (Little Mosquito Castle)

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Mückenschlösschen (Little Mosquito Castle)

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    April 10, 2017

    Cycling

    The Mückenschlößchen (Mosquito Castle) was built between 1890 and 1892. It was named so because, according to legend, Augustus the Strong fell off his horse in the Rosental valley due to the plague of mosquitoes.
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    That's why he decided not to build a pleasure palace, among other things because the people of Leipzig said that there were many robbers there.
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    May 11, 2024

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    At the northern end of the Waldstrassenviertel, a garden restaurant and café was built over the Elstermühlgraben in 1892/93, which was named Mückenschlösschen because of the area's formerly mosquito-infested population.
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