Together with the neighbouring Augustusburg Palace, the Falkenlust Hunting Lodge in Brühl is considered an outstanding example of rococo architecture and is part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.
Falkenlust Hunting Lodge was one of the favourite pleasure palaces of Cologne's Elector and Archbishop Clemens August (1700/23-61). In just a few years, one of the most intimate and precious creations of the German rococo period was built between 1729 and 1737 according to the plans of the Bavarian court architect François de Cuvilliés. The choice of building site was determined by the flight path of the herons, the preferred prey birds of falconry.
Since 1974, the Falkenlust Hunting Lodge, acquired by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from private ownership, has been open to the public as a museum. In the outbuildings, falconry is presented in a vivid and informative way. The life and work of the falconers is shown in an original falconry parlour. Together with Augustusburg Palace, Falkenlust Palace was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984 as an example of a uniquely preserved Rococo work of art in Germany.
From 1730, a chapel was built in the Falkenlust bush in the immediate vicinity of the hunting lodge, which was decorated by Pierre Laporterie in the form of a hermit's grotto with shells, minerals and crystals.
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