Object description:

Schönbusch Palace – Aschaffenburg

Picture: Schönbusch Palace

Schönbusch Park is one of the earliest landscape gardens in Germany. From 1775 the Archbishop of Mainz, Friedrich Carl von Erthal, had his deer park redesigned in the English landscape style. The first built structure in the garden, designed by architect Emanuel Joseph von Herigoyen, was the Electoral Pavilion. It was built between 1778 and 1782 as a little neo-classical summer residence with exquisite Louis Seize furnishings and is known today as "Schönbusch Palace".

Southern anteroom

Schönbusch Park was completed in 1790 by garden architect Friedrich Ludwig Sckell. Architectural features such as an observation tower, the Red Bridge, the Temple of Friendship and the Philosopher's House, a tiny village and shepherds' cottages are arranged in charming settings with artificial lakes and "hills".

In the park visitor centre (former kitchen building) the exhibition "Everything appears natural, so well concealed is the design" informs about the history and development of the park.

Schönbusch Park Visitor Centre
Schönbusch Park

Address

Kleine Schönbuschallee 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
06021 625478

Opening hours

Schönbusch Palace
May-3 October: 9 am-6 pm
closed Mondays
(except: Easter Monday, 1 May, Whit Monday, 15 August, 3 October)

closed 4 October-April

Park Visitor Centre
(Schönbusch Palace entrance ticket required)

May-3 October: Saturdays, sundays and holidays:
11 am-6 pm

closed 4 October-April

General information on opening times and admission fees

Guided tours

Palace
Guided tours in the summer season every hour on the hour (in German; approximately 25 minutes; last guided tour 1 hour before closing time)