Schloss Favorite (Mainz)
Oberstadt
Access
No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found
- Where
- Oberstadt
To make a day of it
Open within 20 km
Lustschloss Favorite stands in Oberstadt (Mainz), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.
What to know
- The palace and its gardens vanished after their destruction in 1793, so there is nothing left on site to visit.
- The location was on the bank of the Rhine at Oberstadt, in the municipality of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- No opening hours, admission fees or access apply, since the site is no longer open to the public.
- Interest in this place is chiefly historical, tied to Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn and Baroque garden design.
Where this château is
Oberstadt · Mainz · Rheinland-Pfalz
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This châteauChâteaux within 40 km
Address
Oberstadt, Mainz
Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.
- Heritage status
- Protection status unknown
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Frequently asked
- Can you still visit the Lustschloss Favorite?
- No, the palace was destroyed in 1793 and nothing has been rebuilt on the site.
- Who commissioned the Lustschloss Favorite?
- The Elector of Mainz, Lothar Franz von Schönborn, starting in 1700.
- Why did the Lustschloss Favorite disappear?
- It was completely destroyed during the siege of Mainz in 1793 during the Coalition Wars.
- What was the model for the Lustschloss Favorite?
- It was modeled on Louis XIV's Marly-le-Roi, which Schönborn himself called his little Marly.
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.
