Can you visit the Schloss Jägerhof?

Yes, it houses the Goethe Museum and the Ernst Schneider Foundation, both open to the public as a museum.

Who built the Schloss Jägerhof?

Elector Karl Theodor had it built in the mid-eighteenth century as a rococo hunting lodge.

Why does the palace look so compact?

The side wings shown in the original plans were never built, and later wings added in the nineteenth century were demolished in the early twentieth century.

Was the Schloss Jägerhof always a museum?

No, it first served as a princely residence and later as an administrative building before becoming a museum in 1955.

Schloss Jägerhof

Jägerhof Castle

Düsseldorf

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Schloss Jägerhof stands in Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Schloss Jägerhof stands in the Pempelfort district, close to Düsseldorf's city centre, at the end of the avenue running through the Hofgarten. Built in the eighteenth century for Elector Karl Theodor, this rococo hunting lodge never received the side wings shown in its original plans, which explains its present compact shape. Over the centuries it served as a princely residence, a military quarters and an administrative seat before becoming a museum devoted to Goethe. Visitors today can see the collections of the Ernst Schneider Foundation and the Goethe Museum, both housed there since the late 1980s.

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What to know

The palace stands in Düsseldorf, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, right on the edge of the Hofgarten, making it easy to combine with a walk through the park.
Inside, the Goethe Museum and the Ernst Schneider Foundation present permanent and temporary exhibitions on Goethe's life and work.
The present building, rebuilt after damage in the Second World War, no longer has the side wings that existed during the Hohenzollern era.
The property is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
As no opening hours, admission fees or accessibility details are confirmed, visitors should check these before planning a visit.

Where this château is

Düsseldorf · Düsseldorf · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Jacobistraße 2, 40211 Düsseldorf-Stadtbezirk 1

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Can you visit the Schloss Jägerhof?: Yes, it houses the Goethe Museum and the Ernst Schneider Foundation, both open to the public as a museum.
Who built the Schloss Jägerhof?: Elector Karl Theodor had it built in the mid-eighteenth century as a rococo hunting lodge.
Why does the palace look so compact?: The side wings shown in the original plans were never built, and later wings added in the nineteenth century were demolished in the early twentieth century.
Was the Schloss Jägerhof always a museum?: No, it first served as a princely residence and later as an administrative building before becoming a museum in 1955.

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