Can visitors enter the Neues Schloss Waldthurn?

The building houses a parish hall and a civil wedding room for the municipality and is not open as a museum.

Who had the Neues Schloss Waldthurn built?

Princess Auguste Sophie of Palatinate-Sulzbach, wife of Prince Wenzel of Lobkowicz, laid the foundation stone in 1666 for a summer residence.

Why does the current building differ from the original?

A fire in 1865 destroyed the original three-storey square building, which was rebuilt afterwards in a simplified two-storey form.

What is the fountain in front of the Schloss?

It is the Lobkowicz fountain, rebuilt in 1977 using older lion-head fragments recalling the family's coat of arms.

Neues Schloss Waldthurn

Waldthurn

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Neues Schloss Waldthurn stands in Waldthurn (Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Neues Schloss Waldthurn stands on the site known as the 'Roter Garten', where Princess Auguste Sophie of Palatinate-Sulzbach had a summer residence built for the Lobkowicz family starting in 1666. The original square, three-storey building was replaced in a simplified form after a fire in 1865, and the structure now forms a two-storey complex with three wings around a courtyard. What stands out is the long succession of later uses, administrative and then parish-related, that turned this princely residence into a municipal building. In front of it, a fountain rebuilt in 1977 incorporates older lion-head fragments recalling the Lobkowicz coat of arms.

What to know

The building currently serves as a parish hall and civil wedding hall for the municipality, not as a museum open to visitors.
No opening hours or admission fees are set, since the building is used for municipal purposes rather than regular tourist visits.
The original interior was lost after the 1865 fire, so what can be seen today is the simplified rebuilt structure.
The Lobkowicz fountain in front of the building can be viewed freely from the public space.
The site is located in Waldthurn itself, in the Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria.

Where this château is

Waldthurn · Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab · Bayern

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Vohenstraußer Str. 14, 92727 Waldthurn

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Can visitors enter the Neues Schloss Waldthurn?: The building houses a parish hall and a civil wedding room for the municipality and is not open as a museum.
Who had the Neues Schloss Waldthurn built?: Princess Auguste Sophie of Palatinate-Sulzbach, wife of Prince Wenzel of Lobkowicz, laid the foundation stone in 1666 for a summer residence.
Why does the current building differ from the original?: A fire in 1865 destroyed the original three-storey square building, which was rebuilt afterwards in a simplified two-storey form.
What is the fountain in front of the Schloss?: It is the Lobkowicz fountain, rebuilt in 1977 using older lion-head fragments recalling the family's coat of arms.