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II. - Schloss Schwetzingen

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Carl-Theodor-Straße 1 (Flstnr. 259)<br />

Residential/commercial building. L-shaped,<br />

two storeys, half-hipped mansard roof, built<br />

1748 by a master well builder, Thomas Breuer,<br />

sold 1805 to Jakob Gulden; at fi rst an inn,<br />

later the printing works and offi ce of the<br />

local newspaper, Schwetzinger Zeitung, today<br />

offi ces; terminates the north side of the palace<br />

square towards the east<br />

Carl-Theodor-Straße 2 (Flstnr. 385)<br />

Inn, “Zum grünen Baum”. L-shaped, two<br />

storeys, plastered, half-hipped roof, arched<br />

gateway, sandstone casements, c.1748, built<br />

by Master Tailor Jakob Kilby; in 1759, Joseph<br />

Bianchy opened the inn “Zum grünen Baum”<br />

Karlsruher Straße 1 (Flstnr. 391)<br />

Hotel and inn, “Zum Erbprinz”. Solid construction,<br />

corner house, two storeys, plastered,<br />

hipped roof, built 1826<br />

<strong>Schloss</strong>platz 1 (Flstnr. 229)<br />

Inn, “Ritter”, with additional hall. Solid<br />

construction, two storeys, gable facing the<br />

square, half-hipped roof, sandstone casements;<br />

one-storey hall with hipped roof, arched windows,<br />

pilasters; access emphasized by central<br />

projection and triangular gable, wide cornice;<br />

core building 1789, altered several times, hall<br />

built 1825<br />

<strong>Schloss</strong>platz 2 (Flstnr. 262)<br />

Conference centre “Palais Hirsch”, formerly<br />

Palais Seedorf. Two storeys, eight axes, hipped<br />

roof, arched portal framed by pilasters and<br />

ornate consoles and surmounted by cartouche,<br />

probably by court sculptor Paul Egell, relief<br />

of a stag, lettering, “Gasthaus zum goldenen<br />

Hirsch” and intials “JB”, profi led sandstone<br />

casement, corners emphasized by rusticized<br />

quoins, built 1749, probably from plans by<br />

Alessandro Galli da Bibiena as a townhouse<br />

for the Elector’s Jesuit tutor and confessor,<br />

Father Franz Josef Seedorf; after 1782, the<br />

property of Count von Oberndorff and from<br />

1817 of an innkeeper, Johannes Bless; conver-<br />

VI. List of Monuments in <strong>Schwetzingen</strong><br />

sion into an inn, “Zum Goldenen Hirsch”, and<br />

various alterations; from 1833 owned by the<br />

Köfel family; in 1882, extended by three axes,<br />

in 2000 renovated<br />

<strong>Schloss</strong>platz 3 (Flstnr. 261)<br />

Residential/commercial building, coffee house.<br />

Solid construction, two storeys, plastered,<br />

saddleback roof with lucarne, sandstone<br />

dressings, built 1896 by Isaak Lorch<br />

<strong>Schloss</strong>platz 4 (Flstnr. 260)<br />

Residential building, formerly Palais Rabaliatti.<br />

Two storeys, seven axes, mansard roof,<br />

central axis emphasized by basket-arch portal<br />

surmounted by a balcony with iron railing,<br />

supported by two volute corbels and the<br />

portal’s keystone, another volute; windows<br />

with sandstone casements and segmental<br />

arches, storeys separated by a simple<br />

moulding, corners emphasized by pilasters,<br />

wing at the back, one side gate; interior:<br />

stone staircase; built 1755 by the electoral<br />

architect Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti, in 1782,<br />

after Rabaliatti’s death, bought by Count von<br />

Bretzenheim, from 1802 property of court<br />

offi cial Zeller, from 1803 property of the state<br />

of Baden and seat of the local government<br />

authority, later residential use<br />

<strong>Schloss</strong>platz 2 (photo:<br />

Kalvelage).<br />

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