Schloss Malberg, Baroque palace in Malberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Schloss Malberg is a baroque palace complex on a raised grassy platform above the village, in a bend of the Kyll. Pale yellow and grey stone buildings with dark slate roofs surround an irregular courtyard; a long wing with rows of small windows runs at an angle, and a curved, partly buttressed retaining wall sweeps around the front.

The palace was built in the 16th century and acquired its present form through major renovations in the 18th century under Bishop Johann Werner von Veyder. These alterations gave the building its characteristic baroque style that defines it today.

The name Malberg comes from the Old High German mahal, a Germanic assembly and court site usually set on a hill. The baroque complex imitates Palladio's Villa Valmarana in Italy, a design brought here by the Venetian architect Matteo Alberti, who worked at the Düsseldorf court. The Eiserner Garten, laid out around 1713 on the site of the former Unterburg, is enclosed by pillars and an iron fence dated 1714.

The complex stands on a raised grassy platform above the village, reached on foot from Malberg; the fan-shaped paths below the main facade and the curved retaining wall mark the approach. The grounds are owned by the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land and were secured and restored from 1990 with the Förderverein Schloss Malberg e.V., founded in 1996, so parts may be closed while work continues.

The Eiserner Garten was laid out around 1713 by Johann Werner von Veyder on the site of the former Unterburg; its surrounding pillars and iron railing date from 1714. The name refers to that ironwork, not to forged decoration inside the garden.