Schloss Favorite (Rastatt)

Schloss Favorite is a schloss on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History edit

Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and maison de plaisance (pleasure palace) for Margravine Sibylla Augusta, the widow of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (Türkenlouis). It was only used for several weeks per year as a summer residence, and it is not far from Schloss Rastatt.

Schloss Favorite houses a large collection of Chinese porcelain, black lacquerwork and Schwartz Porcelain. It is the oldest of the German so-called "porcelain palaces", and the only one to survive intact to this day.

Gallery edit

Schloss Favorite
Remote front view
Close-up of coats of arms (left: Baden-Baden, right: Saxe-Lauenburg) and pebble dash used on walls
Pebbledash
Rear view
Open staircase on rear front
Orangerie
Hermitage
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, also known as Türkenlouis