Baroque castles

Baden State Museum
Karlsruhe

The Badisches Landesmuseum (Baden State Museum) in Karlsruhe, located in the Baden region of the state of Baden-Württemberg, is one of the most active museums in Germany. It is conceived as an all-in...

Barockschloss Mannheim
Mannheim

Mannheim Palace was built beginning in 1720 under Elector Carl Philipp as one of the largest absolutist Baroque palaces on the Upper Rhine. The Mannheim Court of his heir Carl Theodor enjoyed an...

Château des Lumières
Lunéville

The castle of Lunéville is the largest castle in east France and a masterpiece of classical architecture. Visitors can enjoy two hectares of buildings with more than 21,000 square metres of space. The...

Hochrhein- und Trompetenmuseum Schloss Schönau
Bad Säckingen

The house offers four permanent collections: the world-renowned Trumpet Museum, the museum of City and Regional History, the Museum of the writer and poet Josef Victor von Scheffel and the Museum for...

Museum Ettlingen
Ettlingen

The Gallery of Ettlingen hosts a collection that comprises regional art from the 20th century until today and is influenced by artists of the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts, such as Karl Hofer (1878...

Pfinzgaumuseum Durlach
Karlsruhe

The Pfinzgaumuseum is located in the baroque Castle Karlsburg and is well known for its exhibition of the city of Durlach that was independent until 1938. The exhibition invites visitors to embark on...

Residenzschloss Rastatt
Rastatt

The 'Residenzschloss Rastatt' was built by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm and Margravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden-Baden according to the French example of Versailles. Italian artists provided the rooms with...

Corps de Logis (Mittelbau) und Ehrenhof
Bruchsal

Bruchsal Palace is the only religious Baroque residence on the Upper Rhine. The palace was built beginning in 1720 by Prince Bishop Damian Hugo of Schönborn, who made it the center of his absolutistic...

Schloss Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg

The Ludwigsburg ensemble consisting of the Residential Palace, palace gardens and the pleasure palaces Favorite* and Monrepos is one of the most outstanding artistic achievements of the 18th century...

Schloss und Schlossgarten Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen

The origins of Schwetzingen Palace lie in a small knightly water palace and extend over an eventful history up to its greatest period of courtly splendor under the government of Elector Carl Theodor...