Neues Schloss Ingelfingen, Baroque château in Ingelfingen, Germany.
Neues Schloss Ingelfingen is a three-wing Baroque castle built from 1705 to 1712, consisting of two three-storey rectangular blocks joined by a narrow southern building with a central stair tower. A wall with two gates encloses the courtyard to the north, and a garden with a 1793 jubilee column lies to the south.
The castle was built from 1705 to 1712 for Count Christian Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, who had Ingelfingen made his residence town after the 1701 division of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg inheritance and had the old official seat demolished. In 1764 Heinrich August was raised to princely rank, making the New Castle a princely residence, and from 1780 to 1786 Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig refurnished it. It remained the family's residence until 1806.
The castle's name distinguishes it from the older Hohenlohe manor on the same site, which was demolished for its construction. Since 1988 the building has housed Ingelfingen's town administration, and the garden south of the castle holds a jubilee column dated 1793.
The castle can be viewed from the outside during regular business hours, as it now serves as Ingelfingen's city administration building. The best views are from the main square or the surrounding streets in the old town.
The garden south of the castle holds a jubilee column from 1793, a detail most visitors walk past. The complex is a three-wing layout around a north-facing cour d'honneur, closed off from the street by a wall with two gates.
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