The Great Palace in Meiningen is a palace of the Dukes of Saxony-Meiningen from the 19th century
The Great Palace in Meiningen is a palace of the Dukes of Saxony-Meiningen from the 19th century. It is also known as the "Wittumspalais" or "Erbprinzenpalais".
Building
The Great Palace is a three-storey building with a richly structured facade in the style of the French Neo-Renaissance . On the street side it has a central projection with a balcony on pillars in front of it. On the ground floor there are rustic iron and marbled support columns in the foyer . From there, an elaborately designed staircase leads to the first floor, where all the walls of the stairwell are structured with pilasters that take up two thirds of the height of the room and close to a surrounding ledge. As a continuation of the pilasters to the stucco ceiling, the walls are decorated with statues in the form of caryatids and hermsMistake. The ceilings and walls of almost all rooms have elaborately designed stucco work , which during the GDR era were "hidden" with suspended ceilings and exposed walls. They come from the time of the renovation and have been restored. Today the palace is used as a health center with doctor's offices , pharmacy and therapists. The total usable area is 1630 m². In the large rooms of the practices, room-in-room systems with glazed walls and ceilings are installed, which allow a clear view of the richly decorated stucco ceilings.
History
The palace was built from 1821 to 1823 in the classical style by the architect Johann Andreas Schaubach as a Wittumspalais for the Duchess Luise Eleonore . In 1863 a renovation and an extension took place under the direction of senior building officer Otto Hoppe and the building received its dominant and representative shape in the style of the neo-renaissance that still exists today. After Duke Bernhard II's forced abdication in 1866 , the Great Palace became his residence. In 1890 the Hereditary Prince and later Duke Bernhard III took over the palace . his residence. Even after the end of the duchy in 1918 it remained in the possession of the duchy of Saxony-Meiningen until 1945.
The Great Palace survived the Second World War unscathed. After the expropriation of the ducal estates, a teacher training institute was initially based here. Then the district office of Meiningen moved in . The building, which was called the Council of the District from 1952 to 1990, fulfilled this function until 1999. After a few years of vacancy, the Great Palace was extensively renovated from 2007 to 2009. Since then there has been a "health center" with several medical practices and other health facilities.
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Gratis
Englischer Garten
- Der Palast wird als medizinisches Zentrum genutzt
- Kein Besuch