Schloss Molsdorf

Schloss Molsdorf is a Baroque palace in Molsdorf, now part of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. The palace, around 12 kilometers south of the city, is regarded as one of the most Baroque palaces of the state. It belongs to the Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten.

History

In 1733, Gustav Adolf von Gotter bought a Renaissance palace on the site.[1] He had it transformed into a Baroque palace by Gottfried Heinrich Krohne from 1734 to 1740. The interior design was made by painters Jan Kupecký and Antoine Pesne as well as the stucco master Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi.[2] At the same time, a French garden was built, with several contemporary sculptures.

From 1748, Heinrich Reinhard Freiherr Röder von Schwende, a minister in Württemberg, owned the palace.[3] He sold it to Duke Frederick III.[4] From 1939, the palace belonged to Prussia, and after World War II the city of Erfurt. It was restored from the late 1950s.

Further reading

  • Sabine Schürholz, Günther Thimm: Schloss Molsdorf mit Park. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München / Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-06236-X.
  • Helmut-Eberhard Paulus: Schloss und Garten Molsdorf. Graf Gotters Residenz der Aufklärung. (= Große Kunstführer der Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten, vol. 4.) Schnell und Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2604-0.
  • Schlossmuseum Molsdorf. In: Schatzkammer Thüringen. Faltblatt, 12-seitig. Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten und Schlossmuseum Molsdorf. 2008

References

  1. ^ Michael Köhler: Thüringer Burgen und befestigte vor- und frühgeschichtliche Wohnplätze. Jenzig-Verlag Köhler, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9, S. 184.
  2. ^ "Schlossmuseum Molsdorf". Kunstmuseen Erfurt (in German). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  3. ^ Thimm, Günther (2011). Der Schlossgarten Molsdorf (in German). ISBN 978-3-9814619-0-9.
  4. ^ Johann Georg August Galletti: Geschichte und Beschreibung des Herzogthums Gotha. Band 3. Ettinger, Gotha 1780, S. 324–325.
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