Clemenswerth Palace

The castle is a Clemenswerth erected for Clemens August I. of Bavaria hunting seat near the Emsland Soegel. Consisting of a central main palace and eight pavilion complex is one of the major works of the Westphalian influenced baroque. The hunting castle and its outbuildings are open to visitors and houses the Emslandmuseum Clemenswerth.

Historical Overview

The palace complex was built in 1737-1747 for the Elector Clemens August I. on the northern edge of his far-flung dominions. The designs came from the Westphalian architect Johann Conrad Schlaun, having worked at the castle for the Elector Augustus. Among the models of the system include the Pagodenburg in Rastatt, the Hermitage in Waghaeusel and the castle Marly- le- Roi.

With the former to the Prince-Bishopric of Münster associated office Meppen Clemenswerth came in 1803 in the hands of the Dukes of Arenberg (→ Haus Arenberg ), and in 1928 the property of the Arenberg - Meppen GmbH. The facility now serves as a regional Emslandmuseum and is the seat of the Emsland countryside. Are well recognized for its collection Strasbourg faience, the Clemenswerther hunting service and materials to the baroque hunting. Since 2005 takes place in the castle grounds Clemenswerth every year in August, the " Little Festival in the park " instead.

Buildings

Castle complex

The late Baroque plant is built octagonal and consists of a central main palace and eight surrounding outbuildings. The palace itself is a central, octagonal pavilion which houses the social halls of the castle complex and protrude from the four arms with the lying therein cabinets and staircase; the lock thus has an almost cross-shaped floor plan. The windows of the symmetrical construction are arranged so that they lead out in the eight view corridors of the hotel grounds. The building is two stories built of brick, architectural decorations is made of sandstone and takes as its décor as well as the interior with respect to the issue of hunting.

The central lock is surrounded by eight pavilions, seven of which serve as guest houses and farm buildings. The pavilions are named partly after the dioceses of the elector. The eighth pavilion in the north of the facility houses designed by Schlaun chapel whose artistic decoration goes back to FJ Roth and V. Bigari. In looking to the garden wing of the building there is a small monastery of the Capuchin Order, the Clemens August 1741 convened by Clemenswerth. In the chapel pavilion follows clockwise in the northeast of the plant, the pavilion Munster, in which there were the guests rooms of the Capuchin monastery. In the pavilion, the pavilion Münster Hildesheim, who served the guests of the electors as Kavaliershaus and is adjoined by the pavilion Paderborn connects whose Verlängerungsbau houses the kitchen wing of the castle follows. As part of museum operations porcelain and faience are exhibited there today.

In the south of the plant is the pavilion Osnabrück, thematically take its collections relating to the Teutonic Order. The subsequent Pavilion Clemens August is the exhibition of contemporary ceramic art, the west pavilion following Cologne currently houses rooms of the museum education. The last pavilion follows the pavilion Mergentheim, which serves to lock management today.

Outdoor facilities

The central castle stands in a large hunting star whose corridors can be observed from the windows of the showroom. The overall design of the hunting forest is viewed from the air almost bell-shaped. The tip is directed at the city Soegel, at the opposite outer end there are three connected by trenches ponds. North of the Capuchin monastery is a separate garden area, which is obtained with cut Taxus and Buxus shrubs almost unchanged since the 18th century and in the line of sight as Point de vue called the Gloriette, a built for Clemens August Hermitage, follows.

To the west of the plant, on the way to Soegel, is the semi-circular curved building of the stables. The plant was originally intended to get a similar counterpart to form a nearly circular building group, but remained unfinished.