Oberschleissheim
S-Bahn 1: Oberschleissheim. Bus 292
Tuesday-Sunday : 9am-6pm.
From Oct. to March : 10 am-4pm.
(089) 315 87 20
www.schloesser.bayern.de
Schloss Schleissheim has been called Elector Maximilian Emanuel I’s
Versailles. Maximilian lived from 1662 to 1726. Although his policies
were riddled with wrong decisions, Munich owes the existence of two
magnificent palaces to him: Nymphenburg, which he converted into his
summer residence, and the ‘new’ Schloss Schleissheim, constructed at
the start of the 18th century in the French style and matching
proportions. The Neue Schloss tract boasts a length of 335 metres and
encompasses the French gardens along their entire width.
At the far end of the baroque park and separated from it by hedges,
herbaceous- and flowery borders, a cascade and the canal, stands Schloss
Lustheim as a vanishing-point. It was built towards the end of the 17th
century in the style of an Italian garden-casino. Today it contains one
of the largest collections of Meissen porcelain (Tel. 3158720 )
The Alte Schloss was built in 1598 and enlarged between 1616 and
1623. Badly damaged during World War II, it was reconstructed in 1972
after ancient records. The Bayerische Volksmuseum’s Weinhold
collection, consecrated to superstition, is on view here. (Tel. 3155272.
Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm ).
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