The palace originally had three towers: the main tower above the central entrance and the towers on the two side wings (one above the palace church, the other above the opera house).
The main tower originally contained only a clock with a bell, but in 1741 a carillon was added. The side of the tower facing the courtyard is decorated with an almost two-metre-high letter “A” with palms. It stands for the founder of Weissenfels Palace, Duke August of Saxony, and the name of the building, Neue Augustusburg. The main tower was destroyed by fire in 1932 and was later rebuilt in a slightly modified form.
The towers on the north and south wings no longer exist today. The south tower was demolished for structural reasons well before 1746. The demolition of the north tower took place in 1819.
