Schloss Favorite (Rastatt)

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

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  Schloss Favorite, rear view
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  Hermitage
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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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  Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, also known as Türkenlouis

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

Coordinates: 48°49′20″N 08°14′24″E / 48.82222°N 8.24000°E / 48.82222; 8.24000