Object information:

Bayreuth

New Palace  and 
Court Garden in Bayreuth

Information

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
Telefon (09 21) 7 59 69-0
Fax (09 21) 7 59 69-15
E-Mail sgvbayreuth@
bsv.bayern.de
externer Link www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

Opening hours

April-September: 9 m-6 pm
open daily
October-March: 10 am-4 pm
closed Mondays

Closed on:
1.1., Shrove Tuesday, 24.12., 25.12., 31.12.

Guided tours

No regular tours of the New Palace (main tract) ; guided tours of the Italian Palace every half-hour

Admission charges  

5 euros regular
4 euros reduced internal link

Combination ticket
New Palace / internal link Margravial Opera House:
8 euros regular
7 euros reduced internal link

Combination ticket "Bayreuth"
 (three internal link Bayreuth objects of your choice):
10 euros regular
8 euros reduced internal link

internal link Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Please note

Information for the disabled:

Limited number of parking spaces for the disabled in front of the palace; wheelchair available on request

Shop:

Shop
External link www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de

Museums under differnt administration:

Archaeological Museum
(Historical Association of Upper Franconia)
tel (09 21) 6 53 07

Nearest railway station:

Bayreuth
External link www.bahn.de

Public transport with nearest stop:

Bus 14 to "Sternplatz"

Parking space:

Underground car park with costs (P6 municipal hall) or car park "Geißmarkt" in Jean-Paul-Straße (cars and busses)

Overview about all admission  charges and opening hours
external linl - link opend in a new window download (pdf-file)

 

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Object description:

Picture: New Palace

After the Old Palace burned down, the new town residence for Margrave Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth was begun by Joseph Saint-Pierre in 1753. Margravine Wilhelmine had considerable influence on its final form, designing some of the rooms herself, including the Cabinet of Fragmented Mirrors and the Old Music Room with its pastel portraits of singers, actors and dancers. 

Picture: Palm Room
Palm Room
External link Click on the picture to enlarge

The Palm Room with its outstanding walnut panelling is a typical example of the Rococo style in Bayreuth.

On the ground floor of the New Palace today is the Museum "Margravine Wilhelmine's Bayreuth" and the Museum "Bayreuth Faience - Rummel Collection" with outstanding items from the Bayreuth Manufactory. The collection covers the whole period of production from its beginnings until 1788.

The Gallery Rooms (External link Branch of the Bavarian State Galleries) contain Dutch and German paintings from the 18th century.

The rooms of the small but remarkable Italian Palace are an impressive example of the "Bayreuth rococo" style in its later manifestation with the flower tendrils, trellis rooms and grottos that were its typical features.

Live pictures of the New Palace:
External link low version
External link high version

internal link Court Garden

 

Further information about the sights
in Bayreuth you will find at

External link www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

 

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