Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 344 out of 358 hikers
Location: Eckersdorf, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Fantaisie Castle is in Eckersdorf-Donndorf, five kilometers west of Bayreuth.
It was built as a further summer residence (after the Hermitage) for the Margrave couple Friedrich and Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
The Garden Art Museum is located in the chateau building.
The castle has a beautiful, large park.
May 29, 2016
Especially in summer very nice, as it is always cool in the park.
April 18, 2017
The park around Fantaisie Castle, which was created under different owners, combines design elements from the Rococo, Sensitivity and Historicism style phases.
Three years after the death of his wife Wilhelmine, Margrave Friedrich began building a new palace, but did not live to see the completion. His daughter Elisabeth Friederike Sophie received the property in 1763 and had a late Baroque garden laid out there by 1780.
July 8, 2023
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