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Königliches Schloss Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden

Schloss Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden

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Königliches Schloss Berchtesgaden stands in Berchtesgaden (Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land), in Bavaria, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Königliches Schloss Berchtesgaden occupies the buildings of a former Augustinian canons' monastery founded in the early twelfth century, later the residence of the prince-provosts of Berchtesgaden and, from 1810, property of the Bavarian royal house. Visitors can see thirty of its preserved rooms, furnished as they were when Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lived there with his family during the 1920s, complete with tapestries, paintings and historic armouries. The complex combines Romanesque and Gothic remains with Renaissance halls and an eighteenth-century Baroque wing, the result of centuries of successive building work.

What to know

  • The interior can only be seen on a guided tour, covering around thirty rooms.
  • Part of the Schloss remains a private residence of a descendant of the Bavarian royal family.
  • The complex combines a former monastery church with wings built across several centuries, from Romanesque to Baroque.
  • The collections include historic armouries, period furniture and eighteenth-century Nymphenburg porcelain.

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Opening hours

16 May – 15 October
Sonntag – Freitag, Führungen um 10:30, 12:00, 14:00, 15:30 Uhr, Samstag geschlossen
16 October – 15 May
Montag – Donnerstag 11 und 14 Uhr, Freitag 11 Uhr, Samstag, Sonntag und Feiertag geschlossen

Annual closures : Saturday (16 May – 15 October), Saturday, Sunday and public holidays (16 October – 15 May), 24 and 31 December, Shrove Tuesday

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Where this château is

Berchtesgaden · Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land · Bayern

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Schloßpl. 2, 83471 Berchtesgaden

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Château phone number

+49 8652 947980

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Frequently asked

Can visitors explore the Königliches Schloss Berchtesgaden on their own?
No, the rooms can only be seen as part of a guided tour.
Was Schloss Berchtesgaden originally built as a royal residence?
No, it began as an Augustinian canons' monastery founded around 1102, becoming a Bavarian royal residence only from 1810.
Who lived at the Schloss in the twentieth century?
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lived there with his family from 1922 to 1933, and it was he who opened part of the rooms to the public.
Does the Bavarian royal family still own the Schloss?
The complex belongs to the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, and part of it still serves as a secondary residence for a descendant of the family.

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