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Mannheim Palace () in
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany, is one of the largest Baroque architecture palaces in Europe. A landmark of the city of Mannheim, it was originally the main residence of the
Prince-electors of the Electoral Palatinate. It is now primarily used by the
University of Mannheim.
Origins
The city of Mannheim was founded in 1606. The city was fortified and at the present site of the castle there was a fortress called
Friedrichsburg, sometimes serving as alternative residence for the Elector, one of the most important territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
The actual palace dates from the 18th century. When Elector Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine had confessional controversies with the inhabitants of his capital Heidelberg, he decided to make Mannheim the Palatinate's new capital in 1720. Karl Philip decided to construct a new palace as his residence on the site of the old Friedrichsburg. There was a general trend among the German princes to create new residence in those years, but Karl Philip's Mannheim Palace was to become the greatest of them all.
Construction was commenced solemnly on June 2,
1720. The building process was intended to cost about 300,000
Gulden, financed by an extraordinary “palace tax”, but in the end, the palace cost about 2,000,000 Gulden and severely worsened the Palatinate's financial situation. The first administrative institutions began using the palace in 1725, but Karl Philip was able to transfer his court to the new residence only in 1731. Construction was not completed until 1760.
Karl Philip died in 1742 and was succeeded by a distant relative, the young
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. During his reign, the palace and the city of Mannheim saw their zenith. The glamour of the Elector's court and Mannheim's then famous cultural life lasted until 1778, when Karl Theodor became Elector of Bavaria by inheritance and he moved his court to
Munich. Although Mannheim kept the title of “residence”, the palace was used merely as accommodation for several administrative bodies.
Things worsened further during the
Napoleonic Wars, when Mannheim was besieged. During Napoleon I of France's reorganization of Germany, the Electoral Palatinate was split up and Mannheim became part of the
Grand Duchy of Baden, thus losing its capital/residence status. Some glamour returned to Mannheim Palace when
Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the consort of Grand Duke
Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, resided here after 1806 ). For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the palace served no uniform purpose, being used as a representative building and a museum for the city.
In World War II, the palace was heavily bombed and partly destroyed. Many people supported demolishing it after the war to create space for a more modern city architecture. These plans came to nothing and the palace was reconstructed.
Use as University
Elector Karl Theodor founded the
Kurpfälzische Akademie der Wissenschaften as early as 1763, and although there was no continuous existence of a scientific college in Mannheim, the Business school, or business college, founded in 1907, saw itself in the tradition of Karl Theodor's earlier college. The college expanded its subjects program in 1967, thus gaining “university” status. The
University of Mannheim still uses Mannheim Palace as its central building complex and although many university buildings are dispersed all over the city center, key institutions such as the rectorate or the main library are accommodated in the palace, besides countless lecture halls and offices.
Structure
The site of the palace is impressive, although the construction of roads and railway tracks has diminished its dominating look. To the southwest, it faces the Rhine and
Ludwigshafen am Rhein. To the northeast the palace presents its 450 m long front to the Mannheim city centre. The
Breite Straße runs from the palace to Mannheim's central square, the
Paradeplatz.
The central part of the palace is the
Mittelbau with its representative halls. Today, the Mittelbau holds university library halls and the
Rittersaal hall. A Palace museum was opened here in 2007. The Mittelbau is flanked by the
Ehrenhof West and
Ehrenhof Ost wings, which include the Court of Honor yard in front of the Mittelbau. In those two wings, there are mainly lecture halls and offices of the university's humanities section. Below the Ehrenhof, there is a massive bunker dating from World War II.
The northern wing includes the impressive
Schlosskirche (palace church) and the law section, as well as Mannheim's lower district court. The southern/eastern wing is much larger than the northern one, including the
Schneckenhof yard (a popular university party ground) and holding most of the university's central institutions, as well as the largest lecture halls. The heating costs for the palace are nearly two million
Euros annually.
There is currently considerable building activity in the palace, due to Mannheim's anniversary in 2007. The palace has been repainted in a bright ocher/yellow, the Mittelbau has been thoroughly rebuilt (including a new roof construction), and the Ehrenhof yard is to be restructured and paved with granite.
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Mannheim Palace () in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is one of the largest
Baroque architecture palaces in
Europe. A landmark of the city of Mannheim, it was originally the main residence of the Prince-electors of the Electoral Palatinate. It is now primarily used by the University of Mannheim.
Origins
The city of Mannheim was founded in 1606. The city was fortified and at the present site of the castle there was a fortress called
Friedrichsburg, sometimes serving as alternative residence for the Elector, one of the most important territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
The actual palace dates from the 18th century. When Elector
Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine had confessional controversies with the inhabitants of his capital Heidelberg, he decided to make Mannheim the Palatinate's new capital in 1720. Karl Philip decided to construct a new palace as his residence on the site of the old Friedrichsburg. There was a general trend among the German princes to create new residence in those years, but Karl Philip's Mannheim Palace was to become the greatest of them all.
Construction was commenced solemnly on
June 2,
1720. The building process was intended to cost about 300,000
Gulden, financed by an extraordinary “palace tax”, but in the end, the palace cost about 2,000,000 Gulden and severely worsened the Palatinate's financial situation. The first administrative institutions began using the palace in 1725, but Karl Philip was able to transfer his court to the new residence only in 1731. Construction was not completed until 1760.
Karl Philip died in 1742 and was succeeded by a distant relative, the young
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. During his reign, the palace and the city of Mannheim saw their zenith. The glamour of the Elector's court and Mannheim's then famous cultural life lasted until 1778, when Karl Theodor became Elector of Bavaria by inheritance and he moved his court to Munich. Although Mannheim kept the title of “residence”, the palace was used merely as accommodation for several administrative bodies.
Things worsened further during the
Napoleonic Wars, when Mannheim was besieged. During Napoleon I of France's reorganization of Germany, the Electoral Palatinate was split up and Mannheim became part of the
Grand Duchy of Baden, thus losing its capital/residence status. Some glamour returned to Mannheim Palace when
Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the consort of Grand Duke
Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, resided here after 1806 ). For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the palace served no uniform purpose, being used as a representative building and a museum for the city.
In
World War II, the palace was heavily bombed and partly destroyed. Many people supported demolishing it after the war to create space for a more modern city architecture. These plans came to nothing and the palace was reconstructed.
Use as University
Elector Karl Theodor founded the
Kurpfälzische Akademie der Wissenschaften as early as 1763, and although there was no continuous existence of a scientific college in Mannheim, the
Business school, or business college, founded in 1907, saw itself in the tradition of Karl Theodor's earlier college. The college expanded its subjects program in 1967, thus gaining “university” status. The
University of Mannheim still uses Mannheim Palace as its central building complex and although many university buildings are dispersed all over the city center, key institutions such as the rectorate or the main library are accommodated in the palace, besides countless lecture halls and offices.
Structure
The site of the palace is impressive, although the construction of roads and railway tracks has diminished its dominating look. To the southwest, it faces the
Rhine and
Ludwigshafen am Rhein. To the northeast the palace presents its 450 m long front to the Mannheim city centre. The
Breite Straße runs from the palace to Mannheim's central square, the
Paradeplatz.
The central part of the palace is the
Mittelbau with its representative halls. Today, the Mittelbau holds university library halls and the
Rittersaal hall. A Palace museum was opened here in 2007. The Mittelbau is flanked by the
Ehrenhof West and
Ehrenhof Ost wings, which include the Court of Honor yard in front of the Mittelbau. In those two wings, there are mainly lecture halls and offices of the university's humanities section. Below the Ehrenhof, there is a massive bunker dating from World War II.
The northern wing includes the impressive
Schlosskirche (palace church) and the law section, as well as Mannheim's lower district court. The southern/eastern wing is much larger than the northern one, including the
Schneckenhof yard (a popular university party ground) and holding most of the university's central institutions, as well as the largest lecture halls. The heating costs for the palace are nearly two million
Euros annually.
There is currently considerable building activity in the palace, due to Mannheim's anniversary in 2007. The palace has been repainted in a bright ocher/yellow, the Mittelbau has been thoroughly rebuilt (including a new roof construction), and the Ehrenhof yard is to be restructured and paved with granite.
External links
Mannheim Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mannheim Palace (German: Mannheimer Schloss) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is one of the largest baroque palaces in Europe. A landmark of the city of Mannheim, it was originally ...
Mannheim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was then that Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine began construction of the Mannheim Palace and the Jesuit Church. They were completed in 1760.
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One of the biggest palace in Europe. A landmark of Mannheim. Seat of the university of Mannheim.
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Mannheim's palace. Here, large parts of the university are accomodated. Bild 1 von 40
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