The Schleissheim Palace (German: Schloss Schleißheim) comprises actually three palaces in a grand baroque park in the village of Oberschleißheim near Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Oberschleißheim is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga[2]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ...

New Palace Schleissheim – West Side

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Old Schleissheim Palace

Old Palace Schleissheim – Panorama East Side

The history of Schleissheim Palace started with a renaissance country house and hermitage founded by William V close to Dachau Palace. Under his son Maximilian I Heinrich Schön extended the buildings to the so-called Old Palace between 1617 and 1623. The rooms were decorated by Peter Candid. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria died here in 1679. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1905x511, 229 KB) Altes Schloss Schleissheim / Old Castle Schleissheim - panoramic picture Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1905x511, 229 KB) Altes Schloss Schleissheim / Old Castle Schleissheim - panoramic picture Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... William V, Duke of Bavaria. ... Dachau Palace The Palace of Dachau in Bavaria was a medieval castle and became the favourite residence of the Bavarian dukes in the 16th century, it was therefore extended to a massive four wing complex. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Peter Candid (ca. ... Ferdinand Maria, Picture from 1658 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (October 31, 1636 - May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ...

After heaviest destruction in the Second World War the palace with its spacious economy buildings was reconstructed. The Old Schleissheim Palace houses today two exhibitions, one about religious culture, the other one about the history of Prussia. The Grand Hall in the middle of the main building today serves as foyer for the museums. Motto Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Government Duke1  - 1525–68 Albert I (first)  - 1688–1701 Frederick III (last) King1  - 1701–13 Frederick I (first)  - 1888–1918 William II (last) Prime Minister1,2...

Lustheim Palace

Lustheim Palace

Then Enrico Zuccalli built Lustheim Palace as a garden villa in Italian style in 1684-1688 for Maximilian II Emanuel and his first wife, the Austrian princess Maria Antonia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 678 KB) Schloss Lustheim / Castle Lustheim Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Schleissheim Palace Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 678 KB) Schloss Lustheim / Castle Lustheim Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Schleissheim Palace Metadata This... Enrico Zuccalli, ( Johann Heinrich Zuccalli, * ca 1642 in Roveredo (Switzerland), † 8. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Maximilian II Emanuel Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

The interior is dominated by the large banqueting hall in the middle of the building. The frescoes were done by Johann Anton Gumpp, Francesco Rosa and Johann Andreas Trubillio.

Since 1968 the palace houses a grand collection of Meissen porcelain only outranged by the Zwinger. Old town of Meißen. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... Aerial view of the Zwinger Palace The Zwinger Palace in Dresden, is a major German landmark. ...

To the north of Lustheim Place the Renatus Chapel was erected in 1686 in a pavillon. The southern pavillon housed the stable. 1686 (MDCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

New Schleissheim Palace

Zuccalli also finally erected the baroque New Palace between both castles in 1701-1704 as new residence, since the elector expected the imperial crown. But after Max Emanuel had lost Bavaria for some years in the War of the Spanish Succession the construction work was interrupted. Joseph Effner enlarged the building to one of the most impressive baroque palaces in 1719-1726. But only the main wing was completed. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Combatants Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain,[1] Dutch Republic, Portugal, Others France, Spain, Bavaria, Others Commanders Eugene of Savoy, Margrave of Baden, Count Starhemberg, Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Galway, Count Overkirk, Marquês das Minas Duc de Villars, Duc de Vendôme, Duc de Boufflers, Duc de Villeroi, Duke... Joseph Effner (baptized February 4, 1687 in Dachau; † February 23, 1745 in Munich) was a German architect and decorator. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ...

New Palace Schleissheim – Panorama East Side

Important samples of German baroque architecture are especially the Grand Hall, the Grand Gallery, the wide staircase, the Maximilian's Chapel and the four state apartments decorated by artists such as Charles Dubut, Franz Joachim Beich, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Cosmas Damian Asam and Jacopo Amigoni. The Grand Gallery was constructed in line with a draft provided by Robert de Cotte. The Victory Hall, the Red Cabinet and the Chapel of the Electress keep the most significant interior decorations. Most of the rooms still show their original late baroque decoration celebrating the elector's victories against the Turks. The entirely preserved Gobelin tapestries were acquired by Max Emanuel from Flemish manufacturies when he served as Governor for the Spanish Netherlands. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2150x352, 945 KB) Schloss Schleissheim Ost/ Castle Schleissheim Ost- panoramic picture Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2150x352, 945 KB) Schloss Schleissheim Ost/ Castle Schleissheim Ost- panoramic picture Author: Patrick Huebgen Date: March 2006 Camera: Canon Powershot S1 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... Johann Baptist Zimmermann ( * 3 January 1680 in Gaispoint near Wessobrunn; † 2 March 1758 in Munich) was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque. ... Cosmas Damian Asam (September 29, 1686-May 10, 1739) was a painter and architect from Bavaria known for the Rococo style. ... Categories: Artist stubs | 1682 births | 1752 deaths | Italian painters ... Robert de Cotte (1656–Paris, 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced. ...

Max Emanuels's son Emperor Charles VII Albert preferred the more private atmosphere of Nymphenburg Palace, so only one of four planned wings was completed. But Max Emanuel's grandson Maximilian III Joseph ordered to decorate some rooms in rococo style. In 1763 Ignaz Günther decorated the wings of the east portal with allegorical adornments. Under King Ludwig I finally Leo von Klenze completed the grand stairway. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII Emperor Charles VII Albert (Brussels August 6, 1697 – January 20, 1745 in Munich), a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from January 24, 1742 until his death in 1745. ... View from the Park The Nymphenburg Palace (German: Schloss Nymphenburg) is a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. ... Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria. ... North side of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo - carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ignaz Günther (born November 22, 1725 in Altmannstein, Germany; died June 27, 1775 in Munich) was a German sculptor within the bavarian rococo. ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (Strasbourg, August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. ... Ruhmeshalle in Munich Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29, 1784 - January 27, 1864) - German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. ...

Klenze's neoclassical alterations of the façade were not restored with the renovation after the destructions in World War II.

Gallery of baroque paintings

The Gallery of baroque paintings owned by the Bavarian State Picture Collections is today exhibited in several rooms. Among the artists are Flemish painters such as Peter Paul Rubens and van Dyck, Italians like Guido Reni, Luca Giordano, Guercino, Carlo Saraceni, Marcantonio Bassetti, Alessandro Turchi, Carlo Dolci and Pietro da Cortona, but also the Germans Joachim Sandrart, Johann Heinrich Schönfeld and Johann Carl Loth and the Spanish painters Alonso Cano, Jose Antolinez and Jusepe de Ribera. Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Autoportrait Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. ... The creation of man, fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, 1684-1686. ... The Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591—1666) known as Guercino, was born at Cento, a village not far from Bologna. ... Carlo Saraceni (c. ... Alessandro Turchi (1578 - 1649 was a Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. ... Carlo Dolci (self portrait, 1674) Carlo (or Carlino) Dolci (May, 1616 _ January, 1686), Italian painter, was born in Florence. ... Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berettini (November 1, 1596- May 16, 1669) was a prolific artist and architect of High Baroque. ... Born 1601, died 1667. ... Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near Valencia, Spain at Xátiva, now...

The Court Garden

Canal with Lustheim Palace

The grand park is one of the rare preserved baroque gardens in Germany. Its structure with the canals and the bosket area was already arranged by Zuccalli. Dominique Girard, a pupil of Le Notre, constructed the grand parterre and the cascade until 1720. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1504x1000, 1125 KB) Schleißheim, Schloss Lustheim vom Neuen Schloss aus gesehen File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Schleissheim Palace Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1504x1000, 1125 KB) Schleißheim, Schloss Lustheim vom Neuen Schloss aus gesehen File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Schleissheim Palace Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Painting of André Le Nôtre by Carlo Maratti André Le Nôtre (March 12, 1613 - September 15, 1700) was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...

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Coordinates: 48°14′55″N, 11°34′06″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...