ディリンゲン/ザールの洞窟・トップ12

Built in 1647-49 according to plans by Matthias Staudt as a late Renaissance palace for Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern; restored in the Baroque style by Christian Kretzschmar after a fire in the 18th century. The foyer features 16 terracottas, made by Villeroy & Boch on behalf of Ludwig II for Herrenchiemsee Palace.

Unmissable in the pedestrian zone!

The district town owes one of its most beautiful landmarks and one of the most important late Renaissance buildings in Saarland to the Trier Elector and Archbishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern. Between 1647 and 1649, the building now known as the “Stadthaus” was built as an electoral palace. With the concept of the town house, the architect followed French models from the 16th century, the so-called manoir buildings (country, pleasure or hunting lodges), of which the Merzig town house is one of the most important German representatives. Particularly noteworthy are the head emerging from tendrils above the double portal and the keystones decorated with heads above the windows, a popular motif at the time, which Kretzschmar also used in his most famous building, the abbey in Mettlach. The foyer of the town house houses 16 terracottas that were made by Villeroy & Boch on behalf of the Bavarian King Ludwig II for Herrenchiemsee Palace. Today the town house serves as the city administration building and houses, among other things, the wedding room. https://www.merzig.de/tourismus-kultur/gehenswuerdigkeiten/das-merziger-stadthaus/

Created between 1647 and 1649. Electoral palace based on plans by Matthias Staudt

I thought I photographed that 🤷‍♂️

Before you can enjoy the magnificent view, you can really breathe freely here 👍

Very nice city center with charging stations

A bit steep and strenuous in an otherwise rather leisurely round