SCHWETZINGEN CASTLE AND PARK
Schwetzingen
Information brochure in French (2023).
Schwetzingen Castle was the summer residence of the Electors Palatine Charles III Philip and Charles IV Theodore (of the House of Wittelsbach). It is most notable for its spacious and ornate gardens. Other than these exceptionally well preserved gardens and the palace proper, the compound also features the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, the principal venue for the annual Schwetzingen Festival. The Castle is first mentioned in 1350, as a fort. It took the form of an ordinary Medieval water castle. In 1427, it came into the possession of Elector Louis III. In the following period, it was renovated several times, served as a hunting lodge, and was destroyed towards the end of the Thirty Years' War. The palace received its current form in 1752.
Merci à Gilles K.
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