Schleissheim Palace - Schloss Schleißheim

New lock

The Schleissheim Palace in Oberschleissheim, just a few kilometers north of Munich, consists of a total of three castles with an extensive castle complex and was built as the summer residence of the Wittelsbach family.

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Schleissheim Palace
Schleissheim Palace

background

The origin of the complex lies in a Schwaige that was acquired by Duke Wilhelm V in 1597.

In 1616 his son, who later became Elector Maximilian I, acquired the Schleissheim estate, and from 1616-23 he had what is today Old lock build in the style of a late Renaissance country residence. Architects were among others. Heinrich Schön and Peter Candid.

At that time the Wittelsbachers hoped for the German imperial dignity, the new palace was planned as an imperial court and the dimensions of the palace and palace gardens were accordingly.

Cascade with fountains.

The first plans for the new palace complex with palace park were made around 1688. The prerequisite for the planned baroque pleasure garden was the water from the Isar, which was brought in via an extensive canal system.

In 1701, the construction of the New Castle begun, and, after various re-planning, from 1719-1726, completed under Joseph Effner. Only the western main wing of the originally planned monumental four-wing complex around the current palace park was realized. The splendid interiors of the showrooms were created by important contemporary artists such as Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Cosmas Damian Asam and Jacopo Amigoni. In 1819, under Leo von Klenze, the facade was redesigned in the classical style.

The New Castle was never really "inhabited" by the Wittelsbachers, it is now used by the Free State of Bavaria for them Museums and occasionally used for representative events.

The basic concept for the Castle Park In its current form, it was built at the same time as the New Palace was built in 1701 according to plans by Enrico Zucalli. The construction of the garden itself then took place from 1717 onwards by the French garden architect Dominique Girard, who also helped design the Nymphenburg. Girard adopted the essential concept of Zucalli's garden layout, but redesigned the parterre east of the palace and emphasized the depth effect of the axis of the main canal.

Lustheim Palace, at the other end of the large park axis of the main canal, was built on the occasion of the marriage of Elector Max Emanuels to the Austrian imperial daughter Maria Antonia in 1685 as a hunting and garden palace on an artificial island, which symbolizes the love island Kythera. Other semicircular buildings around Lustheim have been derelict and dismantled since the 18th century.

The destruction of the "Old Castle" during the Second World War was restored in 1972. The restoration of the castle gardens, which had been badly damaged in 1945, ended in 1999 with the renovation of the cascade.

Schleissheim Palace is the only large garden from the Baroque period that has remained essentially unchanged to this day.

getting there

  • by car:
Of south (Munich): Via the federal highway B13, Ingolstädter Landstrasse, at the junction of the motorway A99 continue straight to Oberschleißheim;
Of west (Dachau): via the federal road B471 to Oberschleißheim;
Of north or. east over the autobahn A9 (Nuremberg-Munich): at the Garching-Süd exit on the federal road B471 Direction Dachau to the west, to Oberschleißheim;
  • with the MVV (Munich Transport Association):
S-Bahn line 1, Oberschleißheim stop, then a 15-minute walk.
Underground line U6, Garching stop, continue with bus line 292 "Freisinger Straße" or "Schloss Lustheim" (only on weekdays).

mobility

Car parking spaces are located directly at the old castle. From here the buildings and the extensive park (size 78 ha, approx. 1.5 km length of the central axis) can be viewed on foot.

  • Old castle: The main floor can be reached by elevator, the basement and mezzanine are only accessible by stairs.
  • New lock: The entrance hall and ground floor can be reached via a ramp and there is a lift to the first floor.
  • Lustheim Palace: The museum rooms on the ground floor can be reached via five steps.

Tourist Attractions

Fountains
Garden ground floor
Main canal to Lustheim
Lustheim Palace

Old castle

The old castle contains elements of local and Italian architecture. With over 200 rooms and the Willhelm Chapel, it is one of the main works of early Bavarian baroque. The foyer of the building, the Great hall.

There are also two branch museums of the Bavarian National Museum:

  • The year of God and its feasts, Weinhold Ecumenical Collection, a permanent exhibition of 6000 individual objects on the religious festival and everyday culture of the peoples, originated from a private collection.
  • Collection on regional studies of East and West Prussia , wants to introduce the homeland, history, culture and fate of the expellees from East and West Prussia and remind them of their homeland.
"Altes Schloss" opening times: June-September: 9 am-6pm. Oct-May: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed on Monday.
Schleißheim-Dachau Palace and Garden Administration, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim. Tel .: (089) / 315872-0, Fax .: (089) -315872-50

New lock

In the gallery rooms, the Bavarian State Painting Collections present masterpieces of European baroque painting such as Peter Paul Rubens, van Dyck, Veronese and Tintoretto. Other sights in the "New Palace" are:

  • Great gallery, with elaborate furnishings such as the chandeliers and console tables, eleven French doors show a great view of the palace grounds.
  • Viktoriensaal, red cabinet.
  • Maximilian Chapel, can be rented.

Castle Park

Objects worth seeing are:

  • Fountains, open daily between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. from April to mid-September.
  • cascade, fountain, Ornamental beds and Sculptures.
Opening times "Neues Schloss" and "Schlosspark": Apr.-Sept .: 9 am-6pm, Oct-March: 10 am-4pm, closed on Mondays.
Schleißheim-Dachau Palace and Garden Administration, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim. Tel .: (089) / 315872-0, Fax .: (089) -315872-50

Lustheim Palace

  • baroque ceiling frescoes executed in 1686/87 by Francesco Rosa, Giovanni Trubillio and Johann Anton Gumpp.
  • Porcelain museum, another branch museum of the Bavarian National Museum. world-famous collection of old Meissen porcelain, in the rank only with the stocks in Dresden comparable. A total of approx. 2000 objects such as dishes, vases, animals and figures.
Opening times: April 1 to September 30: 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., October 1 to March 31: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed on Monday.
Lustheim Palace. 85764 Oberschleissheim. Tel .: (089) 31587242, info

to eat and drink

  • 1  Castle economy, Maximilianshof 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany. Tel.: 49 89 31515 55. At the old castle with beer garden and down-to-earth, traditional Bavarian cuisine. Beer garden open when the weather is nice.Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., closed on Mondays.last change: Apr. 2019
  • not far from the Lustheimer Schloss is located Restaurant Zum Kurfürst with its fresh, contemporary cuisine, terrace, hall for celebrations for up to 120 people, Tel .: 089 315 45 43 Kurfürst restaurant
  • Pizzeria, spaghetteria and sports bar "zum Phönix", Effnerstrasse 20a, 85764 Oberschleissheim. Tel.: 49 (0)89 315 77 013. It is the clubhouse of the local football club, only 200 m from the castle, with a beer garden, terrace and Bundesliga and champions league on the big screen.Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 11.30 a.m. to midnight, closed on Mondays, closed in November and December.

accommodation

  • 2  Hotel Blauer Karpfen, Dachauer Strasse 1, 85764 Oberschleissheim. Tel.: (0)89 315 715 00. The hotel is about 300 m from the castle, and the Bavarian State Office can also be walked in 10 minutes. All rooms with shower / toilet, optionally also bathtub, TV, minibar, telephone, air conditioning and free WiFi.

see also the Accommodation section in the article too Oberschleissheim

trips

  • To Dachau, also with castle and castle park.
  • To Munich, to Nymphenburg Palace.
  • To Freising or Weihenstephan.
  • In the Flugwerft Oberschleißheim of the Deutsches Museum, in the immediate vicinity of the Old Castle.

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