Schloss Favorite (Rastatt)

This article is about Schloss Favorite palace in Rastatt. For the one in Ludwigsburg, see Schloss Favorite, Ludwigsburg. For the former one in Mainz, see Favorite Palace.

Schloss Favorite, front view

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 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
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  Aerial view of Schloss Favorite and its garden
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  Remote front view
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  Close-up of coats of arms (left: Baden-Baden, right: Saxe-Lauenburg) and pebble dash used on walls
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  Pebbledash
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  Rear view
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  Open staircase on rear front
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  Orangerie
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  Hermitage
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  Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, also known as Türkenlouis

See also

• List of Baroque residences

Sources

• Sigrid Gensichen/Ulrike Grimm, Schloss Favorite Rastatt-Förch. Verlag K. F. Schimper, 2001, ISBN 3-87742-168-7

External links

• Schloss Favorite - official website
• German local history website
• German walkers website: Schloss Favorite, Baden's Rokoko Pearl