Elisabethenburg Palace
Elisabethenburg Palace | |
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Schloss Elisabethenburg | |
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Architectural style | originally Baroque some later additions |
Town or city | Meiningen |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 50°34′12″N 10°24′47″E / 50.570°N 10.413°E |
Construction started | 1682 |
Completed | 1692 |
Client | Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
Elisabethenburg Palace (German: Schloss Elisabethenburg) is a Baroque palace located on the northwestern edge of Meiningen in Germany. Until 1918 it was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen. The castle now houses the Meininger Museum as well as the Max Reger archives, the Thuringian State Archives, the Max Reger music school, the Johannes Brahms concert hall, a restaurant, the tower Cafe, and the ceremonial rooms of the Meinigen City Council and Registry Office.
History
The palace was constructed by
The building was remodelled in the 19th century, and a dry moat added. The heavily rustic window surrounds, which now dominate the facade were added in 1845. Originally the windows had simple rectangular shaped frames made of
styles.The palace and its court orchestra have been associated with many famous musicians, and particularly with
Burials in the Schlosskirche of the Holy Trinity
- Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748)
- Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
See also
References
The following sources were given:
- Reissland, I.: Das Meininger Schloss Elisabethenburg, Baugeschichte und bedeutende Innenräume. Meiningen 1988.
- Beiträge zum Kolloquium: 300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg, Edited by Verona Gerasch. Meiningen 1992 (Südthüringer Forschungen 27).
- Erck, A.; Schneider, H.: Schloss Elisabethenburg in Meiningen, in: Residenz-Schlösser in Thüringen. Kulturhistorische Porträts. Edited by R. Jacobsen and H. Bärnighausen. Bucha bei Jena 1998, pp. 91
External links
- Museums of Meiningen (in German)
- [1] on the municipal website of Meiningen (in German)
- Schloss Elisabethenburg on the website Schatzkammer Thüringen of the Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten (in German)