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Schloss Muskau
Schloss Muskau (Neues Schloss) is a 19th-century Neo‑Renaissance schloss in Bad Muskau, Saxony, set at the centre of the extensive English landscape Muskau Park. The New Palace was largely the work of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and served as the compositional centre of the park; it burned in 1945 and was reconstructed in the early 21st century.
Its prime
1845
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1845
What Schloss Muskau looked like in its prime.
A symmetrical, three‑storey red-painted main block with pale cream stone dressings and steep red-tile roofs; the roofline is broken by steep stepped gables, ornate pinnacles and rectangular chimneys. The entrance front has a raised, balustraded stone terrace with broad central steps and a central stone portico. A tall domed corner tower with a layered lantern rises at the left end, smaller turrets punctuate the corners, and the palace sits before a wide, manicured lawn within an English landscape park.
Its story
The story of Schloss Muskau.
Schloss Muskau sits at the centre of Muskau Park, the extended English landscape park that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2004. The building complex developed over a long period, but the present main building, the Neues Schloss, was built in the 19th century in Neo-Renaissance style, largely the work of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, and served as the compositional centre of his park.
The estate was later acquired by Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, who employed Eduard Petzold, Pückler's disciple and a well-known landscape gardener, to complete the design. On Frederick's death in 1881 he was succeeded by his daughter Princess Marie, who sold the estates to the Count von Arnim. The New Palace burnt down in 1945, stood as a ruin for decades, and was reconstructed by 2013.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1845.
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Clans who held Schloss Muskau.
The families that held Schloss Muskau for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Pückler-Muskau
The Neues Schloss and its landscape park were largely the work of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.
Arnim
Bought by the Count von Arnim from Princess Marie of the Netherlands, who had inherited Muskau on Prince Frederick's death in 1881.
From the archive
Schloss Muskau on paper: the measured plan and period views.
The survey plan and photographs below are the ground truth this page's reconstructions are checked against, drawn and photographed while the castle was still a working garrison. Every image is public-domain or openly licensed, with its source named.
Schloss Muskau (Deutschland)
· State Archives of Baden-Württemberg (via Europeana)
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Gartengestaltung Schloss Muskau: Grundriss Beetanlagen mit Pflanzplan
· Museum of Architecture at Berlin Institute of Technology (via Europeana)
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Gartengestaltung Schloss Muskau: Grundriss Beetanlagen mit Pflanzplan
· Museum of Architecture at Berlin Institute of Technology (via Europeana)
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