Residential Palace Saalfeld

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Reconstruction as Administrative Seat public in 1984 for use as a ceremonial and concert hall. The Judgement of Paris After the death of Duke Christian Ernst, who died Seating for 200 guests is available in the church nave, A famous episode in Greek mythology - ceiling paintings in the regional council offices without heirs in 1745, the palace was used as an with a further 80 seats in the gallery for concerts and administrative seat for the surrounding area. During festive occasions. A new concert organ with 21 registers the last Ernestine provincial division in 1826, the was constructed in 1989 by the Stadtilm organ builder, Coburg dukes from Saalfeld took over the duchy Schönefeld, using the original historical organ facade. of Gotha, and the Saalfeld region was annexed to the duchy of Meiningen. With a stroke of a pen, Today, the palace is used as the seat of the regional the memory of an independent Saalfeld dukedom council offices. Since 1990, numerous renovation and Chamber choir rehearsal conducted by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra organist Michael Schönheit. disappeared from consciousness. restoration procedures have taken place. The Saalfeld Brought to Life Palace, with its unique chapel, is a successful example The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld Association was formed in 1993 with the purpose of promoting a wide range of events and In the course of administrative reform in Thuringia of a harmonious unison of historic preservation and concerts in the baroque palace chapel in Saalfeld. This includes the organisation and staging of chamber concerts in the early 20th century, the palace was converted the modern use of a culturally significant and valuable by the palace chapel chamber choir (Schlosskapelle Saalfeld), from 1919 to 1922 to an administrative seat for the building. piano and organ performances, serenade concerts, and musical-literary events. The association favours works from Saalfeld region. In the process, the building’s interior composers who either were or are associated with Saalfeld, such as Johann Phillipp Kirnberger and Prince Louis Ferdinand was reapportioned, and numerous extant, valuable von Preußen. interior architectural features were destroyed. Only the Eros Aphrodite Paris Hermes Hera Athena The association is also tasked with cultivating the cultural stairwell and the palace church were left intact. The former Garden Hall is today used as a licensing office. The heritage of the royal princes‘ houses, which are connected contemporary Mediterranean décor provides a link to the room’s with the Saalfeld Palace and the palace chapel. previous interior design. Who is the Most Beautiful? Donations are welcome and can be made to the following Several ceiling paintings from the ducal rooms – canvas bank account: the origins to the saying in English king’s son, so Paris could decide for All the gods from Mount Olympus Verein Schlosskapelle Saalfeld e. V. oil paintings in carved wooden frames – were relocated were invited to the wedding of Pe- “the apple of discord”. himself. In order to influence the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt leus and Thetis, except for Eris, the Zeus, as the highest of the gods of prince’s decision, each of the god- to the stairwell and an adjoining room (today used IBAN: DE 05 8305 0303 0000 0059 08 goddess of discord. Eris, feeling in- Olympus, removed himself from the desses offered him a prize: Hera pro- BIC: HELADEF1SAR as the Palace Gallery). The historical palace organ, no sulted, threw from the door a golden affair, and instead laid the judgement mised him dominion over the world, apple with the inscription in Greek: in the hands of a mortal, declaring while Athena promised wisdom. longer in use, fell into a state of disrepair. Following “For the most beautiful”. There follo- the innocent youth, Paris the Fair, Aphrodite however offered him the wed a great argument between Aph- to be arbitrator. Zeus then ordered love of the most beautiful woman in Residential Palace Saalfeld numerous renovations and the installation of a new Impressum: rodite, Athena and Hera regarding Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the world, and was declared the win- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Council floor covering, the palace church was reopened to the Press and Cultural Department • Schloßstraße 24 • 07318 Saalfeld The Cradle of European Dynasties ownership of the apple – providing to bring the goddesses to the Trojan ner of the competition. Telephone: (03671) 823-210 • www.kreis-slf.de Photographs: Sabine Bujack/OTZ (Chamber Choir rehearsal), all other images courtesy of Peter Lahann Johann Ernst from Saxe-Gotha (deceased 1675), inherited the Artists from Italy The Last Years of Residence The House of Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld smallest region, namely Saalfeld, with the administrative Italian artists were engaged to complete the On the 8th of February, 1720, the palace chapel Saxe-Saalfeld (*1658, †1729) bodies of Saalfeld, Gräfenthal, Probstzella, the city of decorative design of the staircase, the ducal was consecrated on the occasion of the marriage Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Lehesten and later, Pößneck. His second-oldest brother, apartments and the palace chapel. The stucco of the Saalfeld Princess Sophia Wilhelmina to the Saalfeld Duke Albrecht, who laid the foundation stone for the plasterer, Giovanni Caroveri, was responsible for the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Friedrich Anton. (*1697, †1764) residence palace in Saalfeld in 1677, took over the more design of the two-storey staircase that makes up Johann Ernst had 13 children in total, although only Ernst-Friedrich, Duke of Saxe- important region of Coburg. These political actions the central part of the Baroque palace. Bartolomeo two of his legal heirs, his sons Christian Ernst and Frank Coburg-Saalfeld (*1724, †1800) by Johann Ernst served as a “position-improvement Lucchese and his atelier was appointed general Josias, survived their father. They ruled together from

strategy” in order to protect his position in the nobility. contractor for the stucco plastering of the palace 1729. Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of The construction of the palace and its residential chapel. The painter Carlo Ludoviko Castelli created the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Johann Ernst, The Residential Palace Saalfeld is today the seat of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Coat of arms of the (*1750, †1806) Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld Council. quarters took the best part of 50 years. The first frescoes in the Trinity Church. A Cradle of European Dynasties Ernestine dukes. On the Walls of King’s Palace and segment of the palace to be built by master builder, The pulpit altar was built by the sculptor Gottfried After a long fight for inheritance following the death Ernst I., Herzog von Victoria, Princess of Saxe- Edward August, Monastery Johann Wilhelm Gundermann, was the central section, Gröninger from Erfurt. The altarpiece depicting the of the childless Albrecht, the dukes of Saalfeld were Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess Duke of Kent and The baroque residential palace on the Petersberg is one with two short side wings (corps de logis). Ascension of Christ was created by the director of the awarded the Coburg region in 1735 and the foundation (*1784, †1844) of Kent Strathearn 1826: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (*1786, †1861) (*1767, †1820) of Saalfeld’s most important landmarks. It was erected The crowning stones of the gables of the middle section Nürnberg School of Painting, Professor Johann Murrer. for the ascension of the family’s position was laid. on the former site of an Ottonian king’s palace and the date from the year 1682. In 1691, the corps de logis The Main-Fraconian organ Franz Josias relocated his residence Ernst II., Duke of Saxe-Co- Prinz Albert vof Saxe-Coburg Queen Victoria richest and most powerful Benedictine monastery in were ready for occupancy and the ducal family builders Jakob Theodor Berns and to Coburg. His descendants married burg and Gotha and Gotha, Duke of Saxe (*1819, †1901) Thuringia, St Peter and Paul. moved from the “Old Palace” in the central city Johann Funsch were responsible into Europe’s most important (*1844, †1893) (*1819, †1861) to the new residential palace. The two side for the organ, which featured two royal families, which is why King Edward VII. Construction from 1677-1726 wings, with the palace chapel in the northern manuals, pedals and a total of 16 Saalfeld, the baroque (*1841, †1910) From 1680-1745, the city of Saalfeld was the wing (1704) and the festive hall in the registers. palace and its founding Did you know? King Georg V. residence of the dukes of Saxe-Saalfeld, later southern wing (1720), were constructed much father, Johann Ernst, (*1865, †1936) Prince George Alexander Louis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The duchy was formed later under the direction of the Saxon master can be referred Cambridge (* 22.7.2013), the first- King Georg VI. during the Gotha provincial division in 1680. Duke builder, Christian Richter from Weimar. The to as a “Cradle of born son of Prince William and Kate, is the 10-times great-grandson (great- (*1895, †1952) palace was completed with the construction Johann Ernst (1658-1729), the youngest of European Dynasties”. great-great-great-great-great-great- the seven sons of Duke Ernst des Frommen of the ridge turret in 1726. great-great-great) grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II. Duke of Saalfeld, Johann Ernst. (*1926) Johann Ernst from Saxe-Gotha (deceased 1675), inherited the Artists from Italy The Last Years of Residence The House of Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld smallest region, namely Saalfeld, with the administrative Italian artists were engaged to complete the On the 8th of February, 1720, the palace chapel Saxe-Saalfeld (*1658, †1729) bodies of Saalfeld, Gräfenthal, Probstzella, the city of decorative design of the staircase, the ducal was consecrated on the occasion of the marriage Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Lehesten and later, Pößneck. His second-oldest brother, apartments and the palace chapel. The stucco of the Saalfeld Princess Sophia Wilhelmina to the Saalfeld Duke Albrecht, who laid the foundation stone for the plasterer, Giovanni Caroveri, was responsible for the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Friedrich Anton. (*1697, †1764) residence palace in Saalfeld in 1677, took over the more design of the two-storey staircase that makes up Johann Ernst had 13 children in total, although only Ernst-Friedrich, Duke of Saxe- important region of Coburg. These political actions the central part of the Baroque palace. Bartolomeo two of his legal heirs, his sons Christian Ernst and Frank Coburg-Saalfeld (*1724, †1800) by Johann Ernst served as a “position-improvement Lucchese and his atelier was appointed general Josias, survived their father. They ruled together from strategy” in order to protect his position in the nobility. contractor for the stucco plastering of the palace 1729. Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of The construction of the palace and its residential chapel. The painter Carlo Ludoviko Castelli created the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Johann Ernst, The Residential Palace Saalfeld is today the seat of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Coat of arms of the (*1750, †1806) Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld Council. quarters took the best part of 50 years. The first frescoes in the Trinity Church. A Cradle of European Dynasties Ernestine dukes. On the Walls of King’s Palace and segment of the palace to be built by master builder, The pulpit altar was built by the sculptor Gottfried After a long fight for inheritance following the death Ernst I., Herzog von Victoria, Princess of Saxe- Edward August, Monastery Johann Wilhelm Gundermann, was the central section, Gröninger from Erfurt. The altarpiece depicting the of the childless Albrecht, the dukes of Saalfeld were Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess Duke of Kent and The baroque residential palace on the Petersberg is one with two short side wings (corps de logis). Ascension of Christ was created by the director of the awarded the Coburg region in 1735 and the foundation (*1784, †1844) of Kent Strathearn 1826: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (*1786, †1861) (*1767, †1820) of Saalfeld’s most important landmarks. It was erected The crowning stones of the gables of the middle section Nürnberg School of Painting, Professor Johann Murrer. for the ascension of the family’s position was laid. on the former site of an Ottonian king’s palace and the date from the year 1682. In 1691, the corps de logis The Main-Fraconian organ Franz Josias relocated his residence Ernst II., Duke of Saxe-Co- Prinz Albert vof Saxe-Coburg Queen Victoria richest and most powerful Benedictine monastery in were ready for occupancy and the ducal family builders Jakob Theodor Berns and to Coburg. His descendants married burg and Gotha and Gotha, Duke of Saxe (*1819, †1901) Thuringia, St Peter and Paul. moved from the “Old Palace” in the central city Johann Funsch were responsible into Europe’s most important (*1844, †1893) (*1819, †1861) to the new residential palace. The two side for the organ, which featured two royal families, which is why King Edward VII. Construction from 1677-1726 wings, with the palace chapel in the northern manuals, pedals and a total of 16 Saalfeld, the baroque (*1841, †1910) From 1680-1745, the city of Saalfeld was the wing (1704) and the festive hall in the registers. palace and its founding Did you know? King Georg V. residence of the dukes of Saxe-Saalfeld, later southern wing (1720), were constructed much father, Johann Ernst, (*1865, †1936) Prince George Alexander Louis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The duchy was formed later under the direction of the Saxon master can be referred Cambridge (* 22.7.2013), the first- King Georg VI. during the Gotha provincial division in 1680. Duke builder, Christian Richter from Weimar. The to as a “Cradle of born son of Prince William and Kate, is the 10-times great-grandson (great- (*1895, †1952) palace was completed with the construction Johann Ernst (1658-1729), the youngest of European Dynasties”. great-great-great-great-great-great- the seven sons of Duke Ernst des Frommen of the ridge turret in 1726. great-great-great) grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II. Duke of Saalfeld, Johann Ernst. (*1926) Johann Ernst from Saxe-Gotha (deceased 1675), inherited the Artists from Italy The Last Years of Residence The House of Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld smallest region, namely Saalfeld, with the administrative Italian artists were engaged to complete the On the 8th of February, 1720, the palace chapel Saxe-Saalfeld (*1658, †1729) bodies of Saalfeld, Gräfenthal, Probstzella, the city of decorative design of the staircase, the ducal was consecrated on the occasion of the marriage Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Lehesten and later, Pößneck. His second-oldest brother, apartments and the palace chapel. The stucco of the Saalfeld Princess Sophia Wilhelmina to the Saalfeld Duke Albrecht, who laid the foundation stone for the plasterer, Giovanni Caroveri, was responsible for the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Friedrich Anton. (*1697, †1764) residence palace in Saalfeld in 1677, took over the more design of the two-storey staircase that makes up Johann Ernst had 13 children in total, although only Ernst-Friedrich, Duke of Saxe- important region of Coburg. These political actions the central part of the Baroque palace. Bartolomeo two of his legal heirs, his sons Christian Ernst and Frank Coburg-Saalfeld (*1724, †1800) by Johann Ernst served as a “position-improvement Lucchese and his atelier was appointed general Josias, survived their father. They ruled together from strategy” in order to protect his position in the nobility. contractor for the stucco plastering of the palace 1729. Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of The construction of the palace and its residential chapel. The painter Carlo Ludoviko Castelli created the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Johann Ernst, The Residential Palace Saalfeld is today the seat of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Coat of arms of the (*1750, †1806) Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld Council. quarters took the best part of 50 years. The first frescoes in the Trinity Church. A Cradle of European Dynasties Ernestine dukes. On the Walls of King’s Palace and segment of the palace to be built by master builder, The pulpit altar was built by the sculptor Gottfried After a long fight for inheritance following the death Ernst I., Herzog von Victoria, Princess of Saxe- Edward August, Monastery Johann Wilhelm Gundermann, was the central section, Gröninger from Erfurt. The altarpiece depicting the of the childless Albrecht, the dukes of Saalfeld were Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess Duke of Kent and The baroque residential palace on the Petersberg is one with two short side wings (corps de logis). Ascension of Christ was created by the director of the awarded the Coburg region in 1735 and the foundation (*1784, †1844) of Kent Strathearn 1826: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (*1786, †1861) (*1767, †1820) of Saalfeld’s most important landmarks. It was erected The crowning stones of the gables of the middle section Nürnberg School of Painting, Professor Johann Murrer. for the ascension of the family’s position was laid. on the former site of an Ottonian king’s palace and the date from the year 1682. In 1691, the corps de logis The Main-Fraconian organ Franz Josias relocated his residence Ernst II., Duke of Saxe-Co- Prinz Albert vof Saxe-Coburg Queen Victoria richest and most powerful Benedictine monastery in were ready for occupancy and the ducal family builders Jakob Theodor Berns and to Coburg. His descendants married burg and Gotha and Gotha, Duke of Saxe (*1819, †1901) Thuringia, St Peter and Paul. moved from the “Old Palace” in the central city Johann Funsch were responsible into Europe’s most important (*1844, †1893) (*1819, †1861) to the new residential palace. The two side for the organ, which featured two royal families, which is why King Edward VII. Construction from 1677-1726 wings, with the palace chapel in the northern manuals, pedals and a total of 16 Saalfeld, the baroque (*1841, †1910) From 1680-1745, the city of Saalfeld was the wing (1704) and the festive hall in the registers. palace and its founding Did you know? King Georg V. residence of the dukes of Saxe-Saalfeld, later southern wing (1720), were constructed much father, Johann Ernst, (*1865, †1936) Prince George Alexander Louis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The duchy was formed later under the direction of the Saxon master can be referred Cambridge (* 22.7.2013), the first- King Georg VI. during the Gotha provincial division in 1680. Duke builder, Christian Richter from Weimar. The to as a “Cradle of born son of Prince William and Kate, is the 10-times great-grandson (great- (*1895, †1952) palace was completed with the construction Johann Ernst (1658-1729), the youngest of European Dynasties”. great-great-great-great-great-great- the seven sons of Duke Ernst des Frommen of the ridge turret in 1726. great-great-great) grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II. Duke of Saalfeld, Johann Ernst. (*1926) Johann Ernst from Saxe-Gotha (deceased 1675), inherited the Artists from Italy The Last Years of Residence The House of Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld smallest region, namely Saalfeld, with the administrative Italian artists were engaged to complete the On the 8th of February, 1720, the palace chapel Saxe-Saalfeld (*1658, †1729) bodies of Saalfeld, Gräfenthal, Probstzella, the city of decorative design of the staircase, the ducal was consecrated on the occasion of the marriage Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Lehesten and later, Pößneck. His second-oldest brother, apartments and the palace chapel. The stucco of the Saalfeld Princess Sophia Wilhelmina to the Saalfeld Duke Albrecht, who laid the foundation stone for the plasterer, Giovanni Caroveri, was responsible for the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Friedrich Anton. (*1697, †1764) residence palace in Saalfeld in 1677, took over the more design of the two-storey staircase that makes up Johann Ernst had 13 children in total, although only Ernst-Friedrich, Duke of Saxe- important region of Coburg. These political actions the central part of the Baroque palace. Bartolomeo two of his legal heirs, his sons Christian Ernst and Frank Coburg-Saalfeld (*1724, †1800) by Johann Ernst served as a “position-improvement Lucchese and his atelier was appointed general Josias, survived their father. They ruled together from strategy” in order to protect his position in the nobility. contractor for the stucco plastering of the palace 1729. Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of The construction of the palace and its residential chapel. The painter Carlo Ludoviko Castelli created the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Johann Ernst, The Residential Palace Saalfeld is today the seat of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Coat of arms of the (*1750, †1806) Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld Council. quarters took the best part of 50 years. The first frescoes in the Trinity Church. A Cradle of European Dynasties Ernestine dukes. On the Walls of King’s Palace and segment of the palace to be built by master builder, The pulpit altar was built by the sculptor Gottfried After a long fight for inheritance following the death Ernst I., Herzog von Victoria, Princess of Saxe- Edward August, Monastery Johann Wilhelm Gundermann, was the central section, Gröninger from Erfurt. The altarpiece depicting the of the childless Albrecht, the dukes of Saalfeld were Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess Duke of Kent and The baroque residential palace on the Petersberg is one with two short side wings (corps de logis). Ascension of Christ was created by the director of the awarded the Coburg region in 1735 and the foundation (*1784, †1844) of Kent Strathearn 1826: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (*1786, †1861) (*1767, †1820) of Saalfeld’s most important landmarks. It was erected The crowning stones of the gables of the middle section Nürnberg School of Painting, Professor Johann Murrer. for the ascension of the family’s position was laid. on the former site of an Ottonian king’s palace and the date from the year 1682. In 1691, the corps de logis The Main-Fraconian organ Franz Josias relocated his residence Ernst II., Duke of Saxe-Co- Prinz Albert vof Saxe-Coburg Queen Victoria richest and most powerful Benedictine monastery in were ready for occupancy and the ducal family builders Jakob Theodor Berns and to Coburg. His descendants married burg and Gotha and Gotha, Duke of Saxe (*1819, †1901) Thuringia, St Peter and Paul. moved from the “Old Palace” in the central city Johann Funsch were responsible into Europe’s most important (*1844, †1893) (*1819, †1861) to the new residential palace. The two side for the organ, which featured two royal families, which is why King Edward VII. Construction from 1677-1726 wings, with the palace chapel in the northern manuals, pedals and a total of 16 Saalfeld, the baroque (*1841, †1910) From 1680-1745, the city of Saalfeld was the wing (1704) and the festive hall in the registers. palace and its founding Did you know? King Georg V. residence of the dukes of Saxe-Saalfeld, later southern wing (1720), were constructed much father, Johann Ernst, (*1865, †1936) Prince George Alexander Louis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The duchy was formed later under the direction of the Saxon master can be referred Cambridge (* 22.7.2013), the first- King Georg VI. during the Gotha provincial division in 1680. Duke builder, Christian Richter from Weimar. The to as a “Cradle of born son of Prince William and Kate, is the 10-times great-grandson (great- (*1895, †1952) palace was completed with the construction Johann Ernst (1658-1729), the youngest of European Dynasties”. great-great-great-great-great-great- the seven sons of Duke Ernst des Frommen of the ridge turret in 1726. great-great-great) grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II. Duke of Saalfeld, Johann Ernst. (*1926) Reconstruction as Administrative Seat public in 1984 for use as a ceremonial and concert hall. The Judgement of Paris After the death of Duke Christian Ernst, who died Seating for 200 guests is available in the church nave, A famous episode in Greek mythology - ceiling paintings in the regional council offices without heirs in 1745, the palace was used as an with a further 80 seats in the gallery for concerts and administrative seat for the surrounding area. During festive occasions. A new concert organ with 21 registers the last Ernestine provincial division in 1826, the was constructed in 1989 by the Stadtilm organ builder, Coburg dukes from Saalfeld took over the duchy Schönefeld, using the original historical organ facade. of Gotha, and the Saalfeld region was annexed to the duchy of Meiningen. With a stroke of a pen, Today, the palace is used as the seat of the regional the memory of an independent Saalfeld dukedom council offices. Since 1990, numerous renovation and Chamber choir rehearsal conducted by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra organist Michael Schönheit. disappeared from consciousness. restoration procedures have taken place. The Saalfeld Brought to Life Palace, with its unique chapel, is a successful example The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld Association was formed in 1993 with the purpose of promoting a wide range of events and In the course of administrative reform in Thuringia of a harmonious unison of historic preservation and concerts in the baroque palace chapel in Saalfeld. This includes the organisation and staging of chamber concerts in the early 20th century, the palace was converted the modern use of a culturally significant and valuable by the palace chapel chamber choir (Schlosskapelle Saalfeld), from 1919 to 1922 to an administrative seat for the building. piano and organ performances, serenade concerts, and musical-literary events. The association favours works from Saalfeld region. In the process, the building’s interior composers who either were or are associated with Saalfeld, such as Johann Phillipp Kirnberger and Prince Louis Ferdinand was reapportioned, and numerous extant, valuable von Preußen. interior architectural features were destroyed. Only the Eros Aphrodite Paris Hermes Hera Athena The association is also tasked with cultivating the cultural stairwell and the palace church were left intact. The former Garden Hall is today used as a licensing office. The heritage of the royal princes‘ houses, which are connected contemporary Mediterranean décor provides a link to the room’s with the Saalfeld Palace and the palace chapel. previous interior design. Who is the Most Beautiful? Donations are welcome and can be made to the following Several ceiling paintings from the ducal rooms – canvas bank account: the origins to the saying in English king’s son, so Paris could decide for All the gods from Mount Olympus Verein Schlosskapelle Saalfeld e. V. oil paintings in carved wooden frames – were relocated were invited to the wedding of Pe- “the apple of discord”. himself. In order to influence the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt leus and Thetis, except for Eris, the Zeus, as the highest of the gods of prince’s decision, each of the god- to the stairwell and an adjoining room (today used IBAN: DE 05 8305 0303 0000 0059 08 goddess of discord. Eris, feeling in- Olympus, removed himself from the desses offered him a prize: Hera pro- BIC: HELADEF1SAR as the Palace Gallery). The historical palace organ, no sulted, threw from the door a golden affair, and instead laid the judgement mised him dominion over the world, apple with the inscription in Greek: in the hands of a mortal, declaring while Athena promised wisdom. longer in use, fell into a state of disrepair. Following “For the most beautiful”. There follo- the innocent youth, Paris the Fair, Aphrodite however offered him the wed a great argument between Aph- to be arbitrator. Zeus then ordered love of the most beautiful woman in Residential Palace Saalfeld numerous renovations and the installation of a new Impressum: rodite, Athena and Hera regarding Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the world, and was declared the win- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Council floor covering, the palace church was reopened to the Press and Cultural Department • Schloßstraße 24 • 07318 Saalfeld The Cradle of European Dynasties ownership of the apple – providing to bring the goddesses to the Trojan ner of the competition. Telephone: (03671) 823-210 • www.kreis-slf.de Photographs: Sabine Bujack/OTZ (Chamber Choir rehearsal), all other images courtesy of Peter Lahann Reconstruction as Administrative Seat public in 1984 for use as a ceremonial and concert hall. The Judgement of Paris After the death of Duke Christian Ernst, who died Seating for 200 guests is available in the church nave, A famous episode in Greek mythology - ceiling paintings in the regional council offices without heirs in 1745, the palace was used as an with a further 80 seats in the gallery for concerts and administrative seat for the surrounding area. During festive occasions. A new concert organ with 21 registers the last Ernestine provincial division in 1826, the was constructed in 1989 by the Stadtilm organ builder, Coburg dukes from Saalfeld took over the duchy Schönefeld, using the original historical organ facade. of Gotha, and the Saalfeld region was annexed to the duchy of Meiningen. With a stroke of a pen, Today, the palace is used as the seat of the regional the memory of an independent Saalfeld dukedom council offices. Since 1990, numerous renovation and Chamber choir rehearsal conducted by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra organist Michael Schönheit. disappeared from consciousness. restoration procedures have taken place. The Saalfeld Brought to Life Palace, with its unique chapel, is a successful example The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld Association was formed in 1993 with the purpose of promoting a wide range of events and In the course of administrative reform in Thuringia of a harmonious unison of historic preservation and concerts in the baroque palace chapel in Saalfeld. This includes the organisation and staging of chamber concerts in the early 20th century, the palace was converted the modern use of a culturally significant and valuable by the palace chapel chamber choir (Schlosskapelle Saalfeld), from 1919 to 1922 to an administrative seat for the building. piano and organ performances, serenade concerts, and musical-literary events. The association favours works from Saalfeld region. In the process, the building’s interior composers who either were or are associated with Saalfeld, such as Johann Phillipp Kirnberger and Prince Louis Ferdinand was reapportioned, and numerous extant, valuable von Preußen. interior architectural features were destroyed. Only the Eros Aphrodite Paris Hermes Hera Athena The association is also tasked with cultivating the cultural stairwell and the palace church were left intact. The former Garden Hall is today used as a licensing office. The heritage of the royal princes‘ houses, which are connected contemporary Mediterranean décor provides a link to the room’s with the Saalfeld Palace and the palace chapel. previous interior design. Who is the Most Beautiful? Donations are welcome and can be made to the following Several ceiling paintings from the ducal rooms – canvas bank account: the origins to the saying in English king’s son, so Paris could decide for All the gods from Mount Olympus Verein Schlosskapelle Saalfeld e. V. oil paintings in carved wooden frames – were relocated were invited to the wedding of Pe- “the apple of discord”. himself. In order to influence the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt leus and Thetis, except for Eris, the Zeus, as the highest of the gods of prince’s decision, each of the god- to the stairwell and an adjoining room (today used IBAN: DE 05 8305 0303 0000 0059 08 goddess of discord. Eris, feeling in- Olympus, removed himself from the desses offered him a prize: Hera pro- BIC: HELADEF1SAR as the Palace Gallery). The historical palace organ, no sulted, threw from the door a golden affair, and instead laid the judgement mised him dominion over the world, apple with the inscription in Greek: in the hands of a mortal, declaring while Athena promised wisdom. longer in use, fell into a state of disrepair. Following “For the most beautiful”. There follo- the innocent youth, Paris the Fair, Aphrodite however offered him the wed a great argument between Aph- to be arbitrator. Zeus then ordered love of the most beautiful woman in Residential Palace Saalfeld numerous renovations and the installation of a new Impressum: rodite, Athena and Hera regarding Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the world, and was declared the win- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Council floor covering, the palace church was reopened to the Press and Cultural Department • Schloßstraße 24 • 07318 Saalfeld The Cradle of European Dynasties ownership of the apple – providing to bring the goddesses to the Trojan ner of the competition. Telephone: (03671) 823-210 • www.kreis-slf.de Photographs: Sabine Bujack/OTZ (Chamber Choir rehearsal), all other images courtesy of Peter Lahann Reconstruction as Administrative Seat public in 1984 for use as a ceremonial and concert hall. The Judgement of Paris After the death of Duke Christian Ernst, who died Seating for 200 guests is available in the church nave, A famous episode in Greek mythology - ceiling paintings in the regional council offices without heirs in 1745, the palace was used as an with a further 80 seats in the gallery for concerts and administrative seat for the surrounding area. During festive occasions. A new concert organ with 21 registers the last Ernestine provincial division in 1826, the was constructed in 1989 by the Stadtilm organ builder, Coburg dukes from Saalfeld took over the duchy Schönefeld, using the original historical organ facade. of Gotha, and the Saalfeld region was annexed to the duchy of Meiningen. With a stroke of a pen, Today, the palace is used as the seat of the regional the memory of an independent Saalfeld dukedom council offices. Since 1990, numerous renovation and Chamber choir rehearsal conducted by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra organist Michael Schönheit. disappeared from consciousness. restoration procedures have taken place. The Saalfeld Brought to Life Palace, with its unique chapel, is a successful example The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld Association was formed in 1993 with the purpose of promoting a wide range of events and In the course of administrative reform in Thuringia of a harmonious unison of historic preservation and concerts in the baroque palace chapel in Saalfeld. This includes the organisation and staging of chamber concerts in the early 20th century, the palace was converted the modern use of a culturally significant and valuable by the palace chapel chamber choir (Schlosskapelle Saalfeld), from 1919 to 1922 to an administrative seat for the building. piano and organ performances, serenade concerts, and musical-literary events. The association favours works from Saalfeld region. In the process, the building’s interior composers who either were or are associated with Saalfeld, such as Johann Phillipp Kirnberger and Prince Louis Ferdinand was reapportioned, and numerous extant, valuable von Preußen. interior architectural features were destroyed. Only the Eros Aphrodite Paris Hermes Hera Athena The association is also tasked with cultivating the cultural stairwell and the palace church were left intact. The former Garden Hall is today used as a licensing office. The heritage of the royal princes‘ houses, which are connected contemporary Mediterranean décor provides a link to the room’s with the Saalfeld Palace and the palace chapel. previous interior design. Who is the Most Beautiful? Donations are welcome and can be made to the following Several ceiling paintings from the ducal rooms – canvas bank account: the origins to the saying in English king’s son, so Paris could decide for All the gods from Mount Olympus Verein Schlosskapelle Saalfeld e. V. oil paintings in carved wooden frames – were relocated were invited to the wedding of Pe- “the apple of discord”. himself. In order to influence the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt leus and Thetis, except for Eris, the Zeus, as the highest of the gods of prince’s decision, each of the god- to the stairwell and an adjoining room (today used IBAN: DE 05 8305 0303 0000 0059 08 goddess of discord. Eris, feeling in- Olympus, removed himself from the desses offered him a prize: Hera pro- BIC: HELADEF1SAR as the Palace Gallery). The historical palace organ, no sulted, threw from the door a golden affair, and instead laid the judgement mised him dominion over the world, apple with the inscription in Greek: in the hands of a mortal, declaring while Athena promised wisdom. longer in use, fell into a state of disrepair. Following “For the most beautiful”. There follo- the innocent youth, Paris the Fair, Aphrodite however offered him the wed a great argument between Aph- to be arbitrator. Zeus then ordered love of the most beautiful woman in Residential Palace Saalfeld numerous renovations and the installation of a new Impressum: rodite, Athena and Hera regarding Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the world, and was declared the win- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Council floor covering, the palace church was reopened to the Press and Cultural Department • Schloßstraße 24 • 07318 Saalfeld The Cradle of European Dynasties ownership of the apple – providing to bring the goddesses to the Trojan ner of the competition. Telephone: (03671) 823-210 • www.kreis-slf.de Photographs: Sabine Bujack/OTZ (Chamber Choir rehearsal), all other images courtesy of Peter Lahann Reconstruction as Administrative Seat public in 1984 for use as a ceremonial and concert hall. The Judgement of Paris After the death of Duke Christian Ernst, who died Seating for 200 guests is available in the church nave, A famous episode in Greek mythology - ceiling paintings in the regional council offices without heirs in 1745, the palace was used as an with a further 80 seats in the gallery for concerts and administrative seat for the surrounding area. During festive occasions. A new concert organ with 21 registers the last Ernestine provincial division in 1826, the was constructed in 1989 by the Stadtilm organ builder, Coburg dukes from Saalfeld took over the duchy Schönefeld, using the original historical organ facade. of Gotha, and the Saalfeld region was annexed to the duchy of Meiningen. With a stroke of a pen, Today, the palace is used as the seat of the regional the memory of an independent Saalfeld dukedom council offices. Since 1990, numerous renovation and Chamber choir rehearsal conducted by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra organist Michael Schönheit. disappeared from consciousness. restoration procedures have taken place. The Saalfeld Brought to Life Palace, with its unique chapel, is a successful example The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld Association was formed in 1993 with the purpose of promoting a wide range of events and In the course of administrative reform in Thuringia of a harmonious unison of historic preservation and concerts in the baroque palace chapel in Saalfeld. This includes the organisation and staging of chamber concerts in the early 20th century, the palace was converted the modern use of a culturally significant and valuable by the palace chapel chamber choir (Schlosskapelle Saalfeld), from 1919 to 1922 to an administrative seat for the building. piano and organ performances, serenade concerts, and musical-literary events. The association favours works from Saalfeld region. In the process, the building’s interior composers who either were or are associated with Saalfeld, such as Johann Phillipp Kirnberger and Prince Louis Ferdinand was reapportioned, and numerous extant, valuable von Preußen. interior architectural features were destroyed. Only the Eros Aphrodite Paris Hermes Hera Athena The association is also tasked with cultivating the cultural stairwell and the palace church were left intact. The former Garden Hall is today used as a licensing office. The heritage of the royal princes‘ houses, which are connected contemporary Mediterranean décor provides a link to the room’s with the Saalfeld Palace and the palace chapel. previous interior design. Who is the Most Beautiful? Donations are welcome and can be made to the following Several ceiling paintings from the ducal rooms – canvas bank account: the origins to the saying in English king’s son, so Paris could decide for All the gods from Mount Olympus Verein Schlosskapelle Saalfeld e. V. oil paintings in carved wooden frames – were relocated were invited to the wedding of Pe- “the apple of discord”. himself. In order to influence the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt leus and Thetis, except for Eris, the Zeus, as the highest of the gods of prince’s decision, each of the god- to the stairwell and an adjoining room (today used IBAN: DE 05 8305 0303 0000 0059 08 goddess of discord. Eris, feeling in- Olympus, removed himself from the desses offered him a prize: Hera pro- BIC: HELADEF1SAR as the Palace Gallery). The historical palace organ, no sulted, threw from the door a golden affair, and instead laid the judgement mised him dominion over the world, apple with the inscription in Greek: in the hands of a mortal, declaring while Athena promised wisdom. longer in use, fell into a state of disrepair. Following “For the most beautiful”. There follo- the innocent youth, Paris the Fair, Aphrodite however offered him the wed a great argument between Aph- to be arbitrator. Zeus then ordered love of the most beautiful woman in Residential Palace Saalfeld numerous renovations and the installation of a new Impressum: rodite, Athena and Hera regarding Hermes, the messenger of the gods, the world, and was declared the win- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Regional Council floor covering, the palace church was reopened to the Press and Cultural Department • Schloßstraße 24 • 07318 Saalfeld The Cradle of European Dynasties ownership of the apple – providing to bring the goddesses to the Trojan ner of the competition. Telephone: (03671) 823-210 • www.kreis-slf.de Photographs: Sabine Bujack/OTZ (Chamber Choir rehearsal), all other images courtesy of Peter Lahann