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Travel Tips
The following travel tips are intended to document the touristic and cultural diversity of this unique region.
- Gernsbach - Historic Old Town an the Murg
- Windeck Castle
- Memorial to the Movements for Liberty
- Forbach´s Wooden Bridge
- International "Flats" Racetrack Iffezheim
- Gertelbach Circle Hike (with Waterfalls)
- Murgtal Valley "Heuhüttentäler"
- Kaltenbronn Highlands
- Our Neighbour - Baden-Baden, City of Spas
- Mount Mehliskopf
- The Mhou Farm - A touch of Africa
- Pamina Rhine Park
- Boundless Cycling
- Rotherma - The uniquely special hot-springs spa
- Rastatt´s Baroque Seat & Schloss Favorite Palace
- Eberstein Castle
- Schwarzacher Cathedral
- Schwarzenbach Valley Dam
- The "Schwarzwaldhochstraße"
- Iffezheim Barrage Dam
- Unimog-Museum
- Volksschauspiele Ötigheim - Germany´s largest open-air stage
Rastatt´s Baroque Seat &
Schloss Favorite Palace
Rastatt was the first baroque royal residence on German soil. It was erected using Versailles as a model. Still intact for the most part, the monumental palace complex depicts a uniquely authentic example of a royal seat from the early 18th century. Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden, known as "Türkenlouis" from doing battle with the Turks, had the hunting lodge begun in 1698 expanded to an imposing royal seat as of 1700, and had a town with model houses laid out according to plan. The exquisitely furnished rooms of state on the principal "Belétage" floor give insights into an absolute monarch's life at court. The focal point of the entire palace complex is the "Ahnensaal", or ancestral hall, with its impressively opulent original furnishings. A small casket represents the former "Court Chapel to the Holy Cross" built from 1719 to 1721.
Inside of the residence thera are two museums:
- Das Wehrgeschichtliche Museum, Internet: www.wgm-rastatt.de
- Die Erinnerungsstätte für die Freiheitsbewegungen in der deutschen Geschichte
Info
Barockresidenz Rastatt
Herrenstraße 18-20
76437 Rastatt, FRG
Telefon: +49 (0)7222 978385
Fax: +49 (0) 7222 978392
E-Mail: info@schloss-rastatt.de
Internet: www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de
Opening hours
Tours only within the course of hourly guided palace tours
Tuesday - Sunday
1. April - 31. October 10 am - 5 pm;
1. November - 31. March 10 am - 16 pm
Schloss Favorite Palace is located quite close to Rastatt. It is the oldest German "porcelain palace", and the only one still preserved in its original form. Margravine Sibylla Augus-ta von Baden-Baden, the young widow of "Türkenlouis", commissioned the Bohemian architect Rohrer in 1710/11 with the construction of a summer residence and hunting lodge. Valuable pieces in the form of porcelain, glass and fayence collections were exhibited decoratively in the rooms and were already famous during the margravine's lifetime.
Info
Schloss Favorite
Am Schloss Favorite 5
76437 Rastatt-Förch, FRG
Telefon: +49 (0) 7222 41207
Fax: +49 (0) 7222 408957
E-Mail: info@schloss-rastatt.de
Internet: www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de
Opening hours
Hourly guided tours
Tuesday - Sunday
16. March - 30. September 10 am - 5 pm;
1. October - 15. November 10 am - 4 pm
