Sickingen Palace

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Palais Sickingen and Freiburg Regional Court
Image circa 1898
Floor plan of the grand ducal palace

The Palais Sickingen ( Sickinger Palais ) in the Salzstrasse in Freiburg is today the seat of the Freiburg Regional Court . It is commonly referred to as the Sickinger Palais .

history

It was built between 1769 and 1773 by Pierre Michel d'Ixnard as the city palace for Baron Ferdinand Sebastian von Sickingen-Hohenberg . The von Sickingen family succeeded the Schnewlin family and owned numerous estates in Breisgau ; this also includes their summer residence, Sickingen Castle in Freiburg Ebnet . The building, designed in French classicist form, was erected in place of the houses at Maienthau and Wolkenbruch, which were owned by the Schnewlin von Landeck family until the end of the 16th century and then passed to the barons of Sickingen-Hohenburg. In addition, the Red House and the house stood on the barn . The high-quality interior can still be viewed today on photos inside the palace. In addition to many gildings on plaster and wood, it consisted of 240 paintings.

After the builder died in 1772, the house served as an apartment for his son Casimir, followed by his son Imperial Count Wilhelm . With the end of Upper Austria came the end of his time in Freiburg: in order to only be subject to an emperor and not also have to serve the Grand Duke of Baden, he moved to Austria. In 1806 the palace went to the Grand Duchy of Baden for 50,000 guilders . First it was rented to the Freiburg Reading Society , which was founded in 1807 and still exists today under the name of the Museum Society. But it quickly became the grand ducal residence in Freiburg. The residents at that time included Ludwig, Leopold (with his wife Sophie) and especially Friedrich I in 1819 , who used it more often: in 1850 for several weeks, in 1853 during a trip as Prince Regent, in 1856 after his marriage to Luise, in 1876 for the unveiling of the Victory Monument and 1880 on the occasion of a visit to the agricultural exhibition in Waldkirch .

The last grand ducal resident was Hilda , she stayed there on the night of the bombing on November 27, 1944 , until she also fled to the bunker complex on Schlossberg and the buildings were destroyed to the ground by several bombs. Only the facade on the Salzstrasse survived the attack relatively unscathed.

The building was rebuilt between 1962 and 1965 , with the exterior facade being restored in its old form. This facade is still finished at the top with the coat of arms of the Dukes of Sickingen. The building contractor was the Freiburg State Building Authority on behalf of the State of Baden-Württemberg. It integrated the palace as a monument into the new building of the regional court, which it still uses today. Between 2010 and 2011 the facade was restored and renovated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Manfred Gallo: Freiburg Mitte: Domizil der Baden Grand Dukes , Badische Zeitung, February 21, 2011, accessed on July 31, 2011

literature

Web links

Commons : Palais Sickingen (Freiburg im Breisgau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 6.5 ″  E