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SCHLOSS GOTTESAUE

Schloss (Castle) Gottesaue has a long and complicated history. Located on the south side of the city it was once the site of a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1094. It had a long and happy history until it was looted and burned down in 1525. A local noble then built a new castle here in 1597. During the Palatine war of succession (1689) this too was destroyed by fire and some repairs were made. Caught fire again in 1735 and rebuilt to house fruit in 1743. It hen was used for over 100 years as an army or police barracks. In 1944 it was destroyed in an air raid. In 1982 it was again rebuilt and became the Academy of Music in Karlsruhe in 1989. Needless to say, the site is a fire hazard historically.

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