Schloss Favorite (Rastatt)
Schloss Favorite is a schloss on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Schloss Favorite, front view
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 (Türkenlouis). It was only used for several weeks per year as a summer residence, and it is not far from Schloss Rastatt.
Schloss Favorite houses a large collection of Chinese porcelain, 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
- Schloss Favorite
Remote front view
Close-up of coats of arms (left: Baden-Baden, right: Saxe-Lauenburg) and pebble dash used on walls
Pebbledash
Rear view
Open staircase on rear front
Orangerie
Hermitage
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, also known as Türkenlouis
See also
Sources
- Sigrid Gensichen/Ulrike Grimm, Schloss Favorite Rastatt-Förch. Verlag K. F. Schimper, 2001, ISBN 3-87742-168-7
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schloss Favorite (Rastatt).
- Schloss Favorite - official website
- German local history website
- German walkers website: Schloss Favorite, Baden's Rokoko Pearl
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