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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Schwetzingen

Bathhouse in the Schwetzingen Palace Garden

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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Schwetzingen

Bathhouse in the Schwetzingen Palace Garden

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Bathhouse in the Schwetzingen Palace Garden

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    May 24, 2022

    The early neoclassical bathhouse with rich sculptural decoration was the only park building used for residential purposes and still has original furniture.

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      The bath house is rightly described as a precious masterpiece in the palace gardens of Schwetzingen. Elector Carl Theodor had this retreat built between 1768 and 1772.

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        September 17, 2022

        The term "bathhouse" only partly reflects the purpose of the small pleasure palace. It is not even known if the elector ever used the large marble pool – from which the name comes – himself. Rather, what has been handed down is that he discussed and played music here with selected guests in a small circle. The musician Christian Daniel Schubart remembers a visit to the elector in 1773: "As was his habit, he was in the bathhouse, a small but extremely tasteful building in the Schwetzingen garden, which Princes Gallian and Ysenburg, who Frau von Sturmfeder and a couple of gentlemen were with him. He had shed almost all glamor and every expression of doubting majesty – as Klopstock put it – and just seemed to be a good person and an amiable companion.” Schubart goes on to report that the elector played the flute himself, made music with those present and about literature and art spoken.
        Source: schloss-schwetzingen.de/erlebnis-schloss-garten/garten/anlage/badhaus

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          Location: Schwetzingen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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