Schloss Markt Wald, Royal palace in Markt Wald, Germany.
Schloss Markt Wald is a three-storey building with a hipped roof, two corner towers and a staircase tower. The towers have conical roofs topped with cast-iron antlers. Its core dates from after 1525, and Michael Stiller remodelled it in 1747/48. The property includes an 18th-century garden wall with gate pillars and a garden house with a tent roof.
Markt Wald belonged to the princes Fugger-Babenhausen from 1660. The present palace, built by Michael Stiller in 1747/48, replaced an earlier structure of 1525. The Rheinbundakte of 1806 brought the place to the Kingdom of Bavaria, though the Fugger princes kept important reserved rights until 1848. The former palace later served as the Fürstlich Fuggersche Oberförsterei.
Markt Wald belonged to the princes Fugger-Babenhausen from 1660; they kept important reserved rights until 1848, after the town passed to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806. The building later served as the Fürstlich Fuggersche Oberförsterei, the princely forestry office, and has been lived in and restored by Leopold Graf Fugger-Babenhausen since 2011.
Schloss Markt Wald is inhabited and being restored by Leopold Graf Fugger-Babenhausen, so the interior is not open to visitors; the three-storey hipped-roof building with its two corner towers and stair tower can be seen from outside. The 18th-century garden wall with gate pillars and the tent-roofed garden house stand on the grounds.
Cast iron antlers decorate the conical roofs of the towers, giving the building a distinctive detail. These ornamental elements show how hunting culture and craftsmanship were connected to Renaissance architecture.
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