Palais Weimar, Cultural heritage palace in Heidelberg, Germany.
Palais Weimar is a baroque palace with three wings and a two-story main building topped by a mansard roof. The structure extends with nine axes along the courtyard side and eleven axes along the garden front.
The palace was built between 1710 and 1714 by architect Johann Adam Breunig for General Johann Hermann von Freudenberg-Mariotte. In 1818 Scottish merchant James Mitchell acquired the building and reshaped it with classical architectural elements.
The palace houses the Museum of Ethnology and serves as home to the Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Foundation. Visitors find collections that showcase cultures from around the world and support exchange between different peoples.
The palace stands at Hauptstrasse 235 in Heidelberg and is surrounded by park-like grounds that slope down to the Neckar riverbank. A stone balustrade terrace connects the building to the riverside area below.
The name Palais Weimar comes not from the city of Weimar but from a former owner with that surname. Visitors often overlook this connection, though it documents the building's private history beyond its baroque origins.
Location: Heidelberg
GPS coordinates: 49.41340,8.71497
Latest update: December 9, 2025 20:25
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