Magnificent stone vases with a golden crown stand at dizzying heights on the pediments of the lake facade of the New Palace in Meersburg. One of them is shown on the cover of the latest issue of Schlösser Magazine. The former residence of the Prince Bishops of Constance is at the focus of the spring issue. The palace will open its gates at the start of the season on 28 April. It has been restored and decorated with original furnishings according to a new concept.
In addition to many other interesting topics, the issue also offers tips on events at palaces and monasteries.
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In January 1742 Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Elisabeth Auguste married at Mannheim Palace. They enjoyed a sumptuous celebration together with their 600 guests. But neither of them married out of love; it was an arranged union for the preservation of power. The new issue of "Schlösser Baden-Württemberg" informs you about this topic. Beginning in late April Meersburg Palace will be open to the public again. It's freshly renovated and furnished according to old inventories. The courtly world in ornamental plasterwork and the enchanting wall decorations in the palace rooms now shine with a new radiance.
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The bedchamber of Count Carl Ludwig has now been restored, furnished and is accessible during guided tours. The new issue of "Schlösser Baden-Württemberg" informs you about this topic. It will be next spring before the scaffolding in front of Meersburg Palace is removed. But "Schlösser Baden-Württemberg" can already reveal what parlor games the prince bishops once played with their guests. This time the trip tip takes readers to Wäscherschloss Castle. The next stop of the traveling exhibition entitled "Stille Örtchen" (Johns) is Schwetzingen Palace. In addition to a wealth of other interesting topics, this issue also offers tips on idyllic events at palaces and monasteries that will take place in the fall and winter season.
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Schwetzingen Palace Garden is one of the masterpieces of European garden art. Schlösser Baden-Württemberg want to inspire you to take a stroll through garden history and present several historical design elements. The series entitled "Kabinette" (Cabinets) sweeps you away to Rastatt-Förch to the "Porcelain Palace" Favorite with its high-caliber Florentine stonework. Those who want to spend a day full of unforgettable experiences at a palace should visit Ludwigsburg. At the residential palace there they can view the 200 foot (60 meter) long fresco in the Gallery of Ancestral Portraits (Ahnengalerie) painted by Carlo Carlone. Or they can discover a flea trap in the Fashion Museum (Modemuseum). Or they can be on the lookout for the "Midday Cannon" (Mittagskanone).
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Did the nobility wash itself in courtly times? What did kings, electors or grand dukes do about hygiene? The traveling exhibition designed by the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg entitled "Das stille Örtchen – Tabu und Reichlichkeit bey Hofe" deals with this question. The presentation will open in April at Schussenried Monastery.
The topic of mobility is generally attracting attention in 2011 on the occasion of the "125th anniversary of the automobile". Old photographs remind visitors of the last Queen of Württemberg, Charlotte, who held her Mercedes-Benz in very high regard. A special guided tour of Bebenhausen Monastery takes participants on a journey into the past. How did the abbots once travel to France?
In addition to many other interesting topics, the issue also offers tips on events at the start of the season, e.g. on the topic of mobility.
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