Schaesberg Palace

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Schaesberg Palace (2018)
Palais Schaesberg, courtyard side St. Ursula high school

The Schaesberg Palace at Ritterstrasse 16, 16a in Düsseldorf is a listed building. The building is now part of the Ursula High School complex . With its “clear proportions and the elaborately designed window frames”, it is reminiscent of the facade of Bensberg Castle , the main work of the court architect Matteo Alberti, and is attributed to this.

history

In 1684, Elector Johann Wilhelm gave a largely undeveloped site, property no. 16, to his General War Commissioner Friederich Christian Freiherr von Spee . The property with building no. 18, later no. 16a, was bought in 1695 by his widow von Spee from the Kreuzbrothers in Düsseldorf . At the beginning of the 17th century it had become the property of the Bergisch Chancellor, Imperial Count Johann Friedrich von Schaesberg , via another intermediate owner who had bought both properties in 1696 . He had the palace built by Matteo Alberti between 1707 and 1713. Schaesberg's residence comprised this palace, which was joined to the north by a garden with an orangery, pheasantry and stables. Later it was owned by the Prince of Arenberg, among others . Sessions of the Higher Appeal Court were held in this palace for many years until 1814 .

Individual evidence

  1. H. Ferber; In: Historical walk through the old city of Düsseldorf ; Published by the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein, Verlag C. Kraus, Part I, p. 9.

literature

  • Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, No. 1 on p. 3.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 46.5 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 23.1 ″  E