Seehof Palace and Park

Go there and enjoy! The best way is to combine the castle, palace garden and orangery. In summer, the reconstructed water cascade is particularly beautiful to look at. And the park invites you to pause. Also very good in connection with the 13 brewery way!

A walk through the Rococo gardens of the park takes the visitor back to the courtly life of the past. At the beginning of the 18th century, Prince-Bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn built the garden, which was one of the best known of its time. Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim decorated the garden during his reign from 1757 to 1779 splendidly. Highlights were the Orangerieparterre, the cascades and over 400 sculptures by the famous Franconian sculptor Ferdinand Tietz. Despite the varied history with drastic changes, the structure of the garden has been preserved. As in the past, you can walk through Linden and Kastanienalleen to the attraction of the park - the cascades - which show their water games every hour in front of the magnificent castle backdrop. The restored Orangerieparterre has been providing a special experience since 2011. Pomeranian, orange and lemon trees exude their beguiling fragrance and recall the dream of the south.
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Schloss Seehof was built in 1686 as the summer residence of the Bamberg prince-bishops to plans by Antonio Petrini. At the end of the 20th century, extensive remedial measures were necessary. The majority of the castle is now used by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. For visitors, nine showrooms of the restored apartment are again accessible to the prince-bishops, including the "White Room" with the virtuoso ceiling painting by Giuseppe Appiani. From the splendor of the former rococo garden testify u.a. the restored cascade with its water features and some surviving sandstone sculptures by Ferdinand Tietz.
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The castle is centrally located in a rectangular garden of 21 hectares, some of the paths are designed as avenues or arcades that are well worth seeing. The original rococo garden design is no longer recognizable, most of the areas are covered with lawn, some with loose trees. Pond farming for carp breeding is practiced in the immediate vicinity.
At the edge of the garden is the striking orangery building with the central Memmelsdorfer Tor. The later added greenhouses on both sides are among the most important orangery buildings in Franconia. The spacious area served as a wintering house for the orange trees and other exotic plants. The Ferdinand Tietz Museum (the former court sculptor who also created the sculptures in the rose garden of the Bamberg Residence) has been in the western orangery since 1997.