Location: Germany Lower Saxony Braunschweig
Reconstructed façade of the classicist residence of the Dukes of Brunswick – today with a quadriga, the palace museum, the city library and a shopping centre.
Interesting facts
- Today's quadriga is already the third; it was unveiled in 2008.
- The demolition in 1960 was controversial in the city council and met with protests.
- The Schloss-Arkaden shopping centre lies behind the reconstructed façade.
Why visit
- Palace museum on the history of the residence
- Reconstructed façade with quadriga
- Location in the centre of Braunschweig
Brunswick Palace (Braunschweiger Schloss) was the residence of the Dukes of Brunswick. After the Baroque predecessor building burned down during a revolt on 7 September 1830, Carl Theodor Ottmer designed a classicist three-wing palace. The foundation stone was laid in 1833 and the palace was completed in 1841.
Badly damaged in the Second World War, the building was demolished in 1960 following a controversial council decision and despite protests. Between 2005 and 2007 the façade was rebuilt using original stones, with the Schloss-Arkaden shopping centre behind it. Since 2008 a quadriga based on Ernst Rietschel’s model has once again stood on the portico.
Today the reconstructed palace houses the city library, the city archive, the city’s cultural department and the palace museum, which opened in 2011.
History
Baroque palace begun under Hermann Korb in 1717; burned down during a revolt in 1830; rebuilt 1833–1841 to designs by Carl Theodor Ottmer; north wing destroyed by fire in 1865 and rebuilt by 1868; badly damaged in the Second World War; demolished in 1960; façade reconstructed 2005–2007.
Special features
Classicist façade after Carl Theodor Ottmer, reconstructed 2005–2007. A 9.5-metre quadriga stands on the portico, bringing the building to a height of about 37 metres.
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