Schloss Favorite is a ''
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 ...
'' on the outskirts of
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 a ...
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Förch in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
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 ...
.
History
Built by
Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a
hunting lodge and ''
maison de plaisance'' (pleasure palace) for Margravine
Sibylla Augusta, the widow of
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (german: links=no, Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as ''Türken ...
(''Türkenlouis''). It was only used for several weeks per year as a summer residence, and it is not far from
Schloss Rastatt
Schloss Rastatt, also known as ''Residenzschloss Rastatt'', is a Baroque '' schloss'' in Rastatt, Germany. The palace and the garden were built between 1700 and 1707 by the Italian architect Domenico Egidio Rossi for Margrave Louis William of Bade ...
.
Schloss Favorite houses a large collection of Chinese
porcelain
Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises main ...
, black lacquerwork and ''Schwartz Porcelain''. It is the oldest of the German so-called "porcelain palaces", and the only one to survive intact to this day.
Gallery
Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-Hauptfassade-10-2013-gje.jpg, Remote front view
FavouriteArms.JPG, Close-up of coats of arms (left: Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...
, right: Saxe-Lauenburg
The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (german: Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called ''Niedersachsen'' (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries), was a ''reichsfrei'' duchy that existed from 1296–1803 and again from 1814–1876 in the extreme sou ...
) and pebble dash used on walls
Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-16-Detail-2006-gje.jpg, Pebbledash
Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-Parkfassade-10-2006-gje.jpg, Rear view
Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-Parkseite-10-Freitreppe-2006-gje.jpg, Open staircase on rear front
Rastatt-Schloss Favorite-Orangerie-18-2014-gje.jpg, Orangerie
Eremitage.jpg, Hermitage
TuerkenLouis.JPG, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (german: links=no, Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as ''Türken ...
, also known as ''Türkenlouis''
See also
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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 ...
Sources
*Sigrid Gensichen/Ulrike Grimm, ''Schloss Favorite Rastatt-Förch.'' Verlag K. F. Schimper, 2001,
External links
Schloss Favorite- official website
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Palaces in Baden-Württemberg
Royal residences in Baden-Württemberg
Baroque architecture in Baden-Württemberg
Baroque palaces in Germany
Gardens in Baden-Württemberg
Historic house museums in Baden-Württemberg
Decorative arts museums in Germany
Ceramics museums