Overview
- The west half of the courtyard remains open as a last narrow fence blocks access to the eastern section, where lawns are being prepared for visitors, a dpa reporter observed.
- Work on the courtyard began in 2021 with a target of late 2023, but the project ran longer due to greater-than-expected complexity.
- The Staatsbetrieb Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement puts the courtyard cost at about €15.4 million, roughly €5 million over plan.
- Archaeological work through March 2024 uncovered evidence of garden layouts from the 16th–18th centuries and traces of 15th‑century suburban settlement.
- Since 1991, about €222 million has gone into maintaining and restoring the Zwinger ensemble, a landmark late Baroque complex inaugurated in 1719 under Augustus the Strong.