"Rastatt: The Town and its Three Baroque Palaces" Rastatt by Kathrin_E

Rastatt Travel Guide: 19 reviews and 163 photos

Winter impression from the palace garden

Rastatt Palace

Before 1700, Rastatt was no more than a small village of farmers and winemakers. In 1700 the Margrave of Baden-Baden chose the place as his new residence and started building the palace and a new town. The baroque plan still forms the appearance of the town. The palace with its fully furnitured state rooms is the town's main attraction.

There is, however, more to a prince's residence than just the main palace. At least one, often more summer palaces, maisons de plaisance and hunting lodges belong to it, as well as parks, churches and the town. In the case of Rastatt, the summer palace in the countryside, named Favorite, is as well preserved as the main residence. Both are at least in parts originally decorated and furnitured. Then there is the tiny Pagodenburg, the Margravine's tea house on a terrace above the river Murg.

VT Glühwein Meeting Excursion 2008

Bunch of VTers in Rastatt Palace

The traditional excursion of the annual VT Karlsruhe Glühwein Meeting in 2008 took us to Rastatt. It included a guided tour on the palace and a visit to the Christmas market. See my Rastatt travelogues for more photos!

Even more pics of the meeting can be found in the personal albums on my homepage.

Last visit to Rastatt: Oct 2009
Intro Updated Oct 31, 2009
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Reviews (16)

FAVORITE: The Hermitage Things to Do (11)

Baroque life had two sides - the luxurious life at court, the abundance and pleasure on one hand, the fear of death and... more travel advice

FAVORITE: The Exhibition on the Gardens Things to Do (11)

A small exhibition presents the history and development of the gardens around Favorite palace. One model shows the... more travel advice

FAVORITE: The Park Things to Do (11)

The once baroque park has in large parts been redesigned as a landscape garden with beautiful old trees, a pond, lawns... more travel advice

FAVORITE: The Palace Things to Do (11)

Sibylla Augusta's summer palace was begun in 1710. Court architect Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer created the plans. The... more travel advice

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ettiewyn Mar 25, 2011 at 9:22 AM

Beautiful page - the baroque town plan is very interesting. I bought a travel guide on Germany and so I revisit your pages to see places I find interesting, because you cover so many of them :-) Thanks a lot!
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german_eagle Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 AM

Excellent information on a gorgeous place. Rastatt seems to be well worth a visit when in the area :-) Amazing that so much is originally preserved.
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nhcram Dec 3, 2008 at 5:27 AM

Great little page Kathrin x
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Maurizioago Dec 2, 2008 at 2:12 PM

I see you're working hard on tips these days! Ciao!
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HORSCHECK Dec 2, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Kathrin, fabulous photos of our daytrip to Rastatt.
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Waalewiener Dec 1, 2008 at 4:07 PM

Very nice Kathrin Great pictures and it looks like you all had a great excursion to Rastatt Sehr Gut Jawohl
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yumyum Dec 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM

A drunken palace, haha! We were really lucky with the weather and the palace tour was very interesting too. Great travelogues!
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Trekki Dec 1, 2008 at 7:28 AM

Ah, it seems you had a fantastic day in Rastatt and even the best weather :-))