Schlossplatz Coburg

Large square where you could hold beautiful parades in the past

Right in the heart of the former residential city of Coburg, the Schlossplatz is one of the most remarkable squares in Bavaria. The representative square with a view of the mighty Ehrenburg Castle serves as a great setting for concerts in the open air, and there is also a lot of hustle and bustle around the flower garden rondel at the Castle Square Festival. Ehrenburg Palace was built as early as the 16th century, incorporating the structure of the former Franciscan monastery. After the facade of the already imposing palace was redesigned in a magnificent neo-Gothic style in 1816, the palace square was planned in the years that followed.

At the foot of the fortress hill lies the Schlossplatz, which is comprised of the former Ehrenburg residential palace, the arcades with court gardens as well as the Edinburgh Palace and the State Theater. The square was designed between 1830 and 1837. In the middle there is a monument to Duke Ernst I. The Schlossplatz has been known for years as a venue for concerts, performances of the Samba Festival and the well-known annual Schlossplatz Festival.

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