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Schloss Rastatt, also known as ''Residenzschloss Rastatt'', is a
During the Palatine war of succession, the residence of Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden had been burnt by French troops. A rebuild of the destroyed building would not have suited the representative needs of the court of Baden-Baden. Since he also needed a home for his wife Sibylle Auguste of Saxe-Lauenburg, whom he had married in 1690, the Margrave had a new residence built in place of the former hunting lodge.
During this operation, the 1697 hunting lodge was demolished to leave space for the new palace. The village of Rastatt was promoted to city status in 1700, and the Margrave moved there with his court.
The residence in Rastatt is the oldest Baroque residence in the German Upper-Rhine area. It was built according to the example of the French Palace of Versailles. During the 19th century, the palace was used as a headquarters.
The palace was not damaged during World War II. It is now owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg, and visitors can take guided tours of the restored rooms and
Schloss Rastatt
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Schloss Rastatt, also known as ''Residenzschloss Rastatt'', is a Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
''schloss
''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.
Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate ...
'' in Rastatt
Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was an ...
, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The palace and the garden were built between 1700 and 1707 by the Italian architect Domenico Egidio Rossi
Domenico Egidio Rossi (1 September 1659, Fano – 19 February 1715, Fano) was an Italian architect and master builder, most notable for his design of the Schloss Rastatt.
Biography
Born in Fano
Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of ...
for Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden. Visitors can tour the restored Baroque interior and gardens.
History
During the Palatine war of succession, the residence of Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden had been burnt by French troops. A rebuild of the destroyed building would not have suited the representative needs of the court of Baden-Baden. Since he also needed a home for his wife Sibylle Auguste of Saxe-Lauenburg, whom he had married in 1690, the Margrave had a new residence built in place of the former hunting lodge.
During this operation, the 1697 hunting lodge was demolished to leave space for the new palace. The village of Rastatt was promoted to city status in 1700, and the Margrave moved there with his court.
The residence in Rastatt is the oldest Baroque residence in the German Upper-Rhine area. It was built according to the example of the French Palace of Versailles. During the 19th century, the palace was used as a headquarters.
The palace was not damaged during World War II. It is now owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg, and visitors can take guided tours of the restored rooms and Baroque garden
The Baroque garden was a style of garden based upon symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. The style originated in the late-16th century in Italy, in the gardens of the Vatican and the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome and in the ga ...
s.
The palace is also home to two museums, the " Wehrgeschichtliches Museum" (military history museum) and the "Erinnerungsstätte für die Freiheitsbewegungen in der deutschen Geschichte The Erinnerungsstätte für die Freiheitsbewegungen in der deutschen Geschichte (literally ''Memorial site for freedom movements in German history'') is a museum and memorial to free democratic traditions in Germany. It is housed in the Schloss Rast ...
" (memorial site for the German liberation movement).
Interior
A large staircase with stucco decorations gives way to the ''bel étage
The ''piano nobile'' (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, ''bel étage'') is the principal floor of a palazzo. This floor contains the main reception and bedrooms of the hou ...
''. The biggest and most decorated hall is the ''Ahnensaal'' ("Ancestral Hall"). It is decorated with numerous frescoes and shows paintings of ancestors and of captured Ottoman soldiers.
See also
*List of Baroque residences
This is a list of Baroque architecture, Baroque palaces and Residenz, residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque, Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe ...
* List of castles in Germany
This is a list of Castles and other such fortifications and palaces or country homes in Germany. Included are castles (german: Burg, Schloss), forts (german: Festung), palaces (german: Schloss, Palais, Palast), country or stately homes and manors ...
* Schloss Favorite (Rastatt)
Schloss Favorite is a ''schloss'' on the outskirts of Rastatt- Förch in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and ''maison de plaisance'' (pleasure pa ...
External links
*Schloss Rastatt
- official website {{Authority control
Rastatt
Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was an ...
Royal residences in Baden-Württemberg
Baroque architecture in Baden-Württemberg
German Baroque gardens
Museums in Baden-Württemberg
Historic house museums in Baden-Württemberg