Falkenburg (Weimar)
The Lustschloss Zitadelle Falkenburg once stood in Weimar , Thuringia.
location
The Falkenburg was halfway between the residential palace and the Belvedere pleasure palace .
history
Duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach had the complex built in 1732 after the foundation of the Order of the White Falcon . In 1750 this stately building was already dilapidated because the duke had found a more suitable location in Dornburg / Saale .
The castle in Weimar was destroyed in 1756 on the orders of King Friedrich II of Prussia in the Seven Years' War . Since the citadel could not fulfill a military function due to its location, the main building only served representative purposes until it was demolished.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiko Laß: Hunting and pleasure palaces of the 17th and 18th centuries in Thuringia. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersburg 2006, ISBN 3-86568-092-5 , pp. 387/388.
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '57.4 " N , 11 ° 20' 2.3" E