Schloss Haimhausen, Rococo château in Haimhausen, Germany.
Schloss Haimhausen is a Rococo palace whose present appearance stems from François de Cuvilliés the Elder's rebuilding of 1743–1749, later expanded by Max Schultze in 1893–1897. The garden side has a stone staircase from that later campaign, once wrongly attributed to Cuvilliés. Inside, the staircase, banqueting hall and chapel keep 18th-century decoration, while most other rooms date from the 1890s.
Haimhausen was first recorded as a castrum in 1281. After a fire in 1660, the palace was rebuilt on the site of an older structure, and from 1743 to 1749 François de Cuvilliés the Elder remodelled it in Rococo style for Count Karl Ferdinand Maria von Haimhausen.
The banquet hall showcases ceiling paintings by Johann Georg Bergmüller depicting the four seasons, along with two majolica stoves from the Nymphenburg porcelain factory. These ornate furnishings reveal how the resident family displayed their wealth and taste through the spaces they inhabited.
The building is currently used by the Bavarian International School, which operates its classrooms within the historical spaces. Visitors should be aware that tours may be limited since the building remains an active school facility.
During World War II, the palace chapel served as a storage facility for thousands of books from the Bavarian State Library. These volumes were hidden here to protect them from wartime destruction.
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