Tettnang Palace, Tettnang, Germany

Tettnang Palace - usually referred to as Neues Schloss - is one of three castles in Tettnang. Originally a fort stood on the site of the current castle. From 1260 under 1780 it was the residence of the Counts of Montfort. The old fort was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War in 1633. Count Anton III of Montfort subsequently started rebuilding the castle in 1712, hiring the architect Christoph Gessinger, a Benedictine friar from Isny, to draught designs for a new castle. His aim was to tear down the remains of the mediaeval fort to make way for a completely new palace. In 1728 construction work came to a grinding halt when the funds of the Count ran dry. Count Anton died in 1733 and the castle remained unfinished.

A major section of the facade along with parts of the interior decoration were damaged by fire in 1753. Under the partronage of Count Franz Xaver, restoration work was subsequently completed in 1770. The fine sculptures and paintwork inside the castle were carried out by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, Käte Schaller-Härlin and Andreas Brugger. Jakob Emele was responsible for the rococo work.

When the county of Tettnang was sold to Austria in 1770 (to pay off debts), most of the interior fittings were sold and the castle passed into public ownership. When Tettnang was handed over to Bavaria as part of the Peace of Pressburg, the castle returned into German ownership.

Final restoration of the castle was carried out between 1960 and 1982. In 1997 the castle was opened to the public.

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Z M (9 months ago)
Very interesting. Rich Rococo rooms. Only 7 EUR but with a German speaking guide.

Hardy Schett (9 months ago)
Interesting story and a very good guide. Highly recommended to visit

Bogdan Mihai Buse (11 months ago)
Very well maintained palace with lovely views. However, it's only accessible by tour. The tours are in German. If you don't understand, they provide an English or another language booklet and you can read off that. Another bad thing is that there is no indication on which room you are seeing and the booklet doesn't have the rooms in the same order you are visiting them. The guide did not speak a word of English so we were basically ignoring each other the whole way. He was talking for 5 10 minutes in a room, but your booklet was having 3 sentences on that room. So, it is one of the few places we visited in Germany where we really felt unwelcome. Also no pictures are allowed. It is not because of the flash, just... No pictures allowed. No parking either. Sad...

Виктория Зайцева (2 years ago)
Beautiful castle, very interesting exposition. True, you can only see the castle with a guide. One big drawback is that the tour is in German, and now there are many immigrants from Ukraine in Germany. Some museums solved this problem very simply, they give out a small booklet in Russian or Ukrainian. Thus, you can get acquainted with the exposition of the museum even without knowing the German language.

Michael S. (Lanet) (2 years ago)
Beautiful place, museum inside for a low budget. Maintenance is not the best but still OK. Also really interesting for children.

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