Schloss Seeseiten, Architectural heritage monument in Seeshaupt, Germany.
Schloss Seeseiten is an architectural heritage monument in Seeshaupt, Bavaria, built as a cube-shaped block with corner turrets and suggested side wings arranged in strict symmetry. The facade follows late classicist forms with balanced proportions and an evenly composed exterior.
Georg von Dollmann designed the country house, built in 1866/67 for Ludwig von der Pfordt. In 1872 it was bought by Rudolf Knosp, co-founder of BASF. Through his daughter Henriette von Simolin-Bathory it passed to her son Rudolf, then to his illegitimate daughter Rudolfine, who married Le Tanneux von Saint Paul; her daughter Francine married August von Finck junior, bringing the estate to the von Finck family.
The name Seeseiten refers to the hamlet on Lake Starnberg where the house stands. The estate passed by inheritance from Rudolf Knosp to his daughter Henriette von Simolin-Bathory, then to her son Rudolf von Simolin-Bathory, and through his daughter Rudolfine into the Le Tanneux von Saint Paul family; August von Finck junior married Francine Le Tanneux von Saint Paul, bringing the property to the von Finck family.
The property sits at Seeseiten 11 in Seeshaupt, a short distance from Lake Starnberg, and is a private residence not open to visitors. The exterior can be seen from the road or path nearby.
The park surrounding the house was laid out by Carl von Effner, the court garden director who also shaped the English Garden in Munich. The building and its grounds were planned together as a single composition from the start.
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