Summer palace in Mertzelbach
The pleasure palace in Mertzelbach was the pleasure palace of Duke Heinrich von Sachsen-Römhild .
location
The exact location is unknown. It was probably located in an artificial clearing in the forest on the Mertzelbach between Römhild and the Hartenberg. Duke Heinrich had the castle torn down in 1708 and the cemetery church in Römhild was built from the remains .
Appearance
Merzelbach was a two-storey, octagonal central building made of half-timbering, to which four two-storey wing structures were connected in a cross shape. The castle was a typical representative of ephemeral architecture . Originally built in 1695 as Marien-Elisabethenlust in the pleasure garden of Glücksburg Castle, it was relocated outside the city a year later. On the occasion of various celebrations by the Duke and his wife, the castle was rebuilt according to the respective theme of the occasion, given new figurations and expanded with additions.
literature
- Book Die Fürstliche Baulust of Duke Heinrich von Sachsen-Römhild . Book about the buildings commissioned by Heinrich.
- Edith Ulferts: Great halls of the baroque: the residences in Thuringia , Verlag M. Imhof, 2000, ISBN 3-932526-56-2 ,