Ebersdorf Castle
The Ebersdorf Castle is a former residence closed with park in the district of the city Ebersdorf Saalburg-Ebersdorf in Saale-Orla in the southeast of Thuringia . It served as a residence for the Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1690 to 1848 .
history
The complex was built from 1690 to 1693 as a baroque residential palace instead of an old moated castle. It is an irregular complex of four wings that surround an inner courtyard. The construction was carried out relatively simply, but in relation to the size of the governed county it reaches a large spatial expansion. The west wing was rebuilt between 1788 and 1792 in a classical style, carried out by Christian Friedrich Schuricht . He gave the wing a representative, through columnsstructured facade towards the castle park. After being used as a nursing home until 2000, the castle stood empty until 2017. In December 2017 the sale to Heinrich XIX took place. Prince Reuss and his family. The castle then returned to its original owners.
The palace park was laid out in 1710. If it was initially a baroque garden , it was transformed into an English landscape garden in the 19th century , as it still exists today with numerous old trees.
Web links
- Ebersdorf Castle and its park on saale-online.de
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Ebersdorf Palace and its park on the Saalburg-Ebersdorf website )
- Website Ebersdorf Castle
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 3.5 ″ N , 11 ° 39 ′ 57.2 ″ E