3. - Schlösser-Magazin

Areas Bordering the Gardens, and
Buildings Directly Adjacent to the Gardens:
Waterworks, Envoys’ Lodgings, Palais
Ysenburg
The palace gardens are enclosed on all sides
in the original fashion, with moats, fences and
ha-has; these devices protect the gardens from
trespass while often blurring the boundaries
between outside and inside the grounds.
The upper and lower waterworks immediately
adjacent to the gardens continue to fulfil
their original function, powered by the
Leimbach stream. The lower waterworks
(built after 1774 by Nicolas de Pigage), which
is connected to the Roman water-fort via an
aqueduct, retains a large part of the original
pump machinery and a bone mill (dated 1779).
The upper waterworks (built by Nicolas de
Pigage around 1760-1771) is immediately
adjacent to the north cour d’honneur wing of
the palace. The ground floor today houses the
customer service centre of the Tax Office. As
in the lower waterworks, the original pump
technology has been preserved; additionally,
the upper waterworks also retains a two-storey
icehouse originating in the period when the
waterworks was built.
Schwetzingen’s status as home to the court is
underlined by the presence of mansions such
as the envoys‘ lodgings (built around 1723)
and the Palais Ysenburg (around 1769).
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