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Schloss Schönbusch

Schloss Schönbusch, Aschaffenburg © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung Photo: Christa Brand www.schloesser.bayern.de
Park Schönbusch, Aschaffenburg © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung www.schloesser.bayern.de
Hall, Schloss Schönbusch, Aschaffenburg © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung www.schloesser.bayern.de

Schloss Schönbusch

address
Kleine Schönbuschallee 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
Opening hours
Sector
Cultural History
Category
Museums; Castles, Gardens and Parks
Sponsor
Freistaat Bayern
Founded
17781781
Focus of collection
Castle museum
Location
Aschaffenburg
Information

Park Schönbusch is one of the earliest and largest landscape gardens in Germany. From 1775, the archbishop of Mainz, Friedrich Carl von Erthal, had his wildlife park redesigned in the English landscape style. The first building in the park was the Electoral Pavilion, designed by the architect Emanuel Joseph von Herigoyen. It was built from 1778 to 1782 as a neo-classical summer palace and is now called "Schönbusch Palace". The ten rooms are furnished in the Louis-Seize style. Admission is possible on guided tours. The former kitchen building now houses a visitor centre, the focus of which is the "Everything Seems Natural" exhibition on the history and development of the park.