Castle in Shvettsingene , served primarily as a summer residence for the Elector Palatinate Carl Philipp and Carl Theodor . But first and foremost known for the site given incorporated in 18th -century castle park . Every year there are festivals every two years, the festival of lights .

History.

Shvettsingsky castle was first mentioned in 1350. It was about a medieval castle surrounded by a moat . In 1427 the castle came into the possession of Louis the third and served as a hunting lodge , which was destroyed by the end of the Thirty Years' War. Elector Karl Ludwig Shvettsingsky restored castle for his beloved Louise von Degenfeld .In the Palatinate War of Succession the castle was again destroyed, however , foundation walls remain.

current form, the lock was the will of the Elector Johann Wilhelm , who ruled in Düsseldorf, he ordered restoration work began in 1697. In 1752, expansion was carried out in a park of 70 hectares .In the same year the castle first opened the theater.

In Schwetzingen Carl Theodor was the summer residence .

Today the castle belongs to the Schwetzingen national property and is managed by the state. Garden is freely available , the castle and the theater can be inspected in the excursions.

Castle Park .

Shvettsingsky castle park is divided into French and English garden garden. In art- historical interpretation of the park can also be divided into two parts: the \

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Frantsuzskiĭ park.

along the main axis of the garden faces east to Königstühl ( top of the mountain above the town of Heidelberg in the translation of the throne ) in the Odenwald and west on Kalmit ( highest point ) in the Palatinate Forest.

The baroque garden laid in strict geometrical forms. The most important elements of the main axis , the transverse axis and circular elements.On the terrace of the castle there are boxes that represent the four ages Universal Time ( gold, silver, iron and iron age ). The peculiarity of the French garden - this is a circular device about the central parts of the source of Arion , the so-called krugovogopartera . French garden ends in a group statue depicting a deer hunt.

English garden.

Western and north-western part of the garden were decorated like an English garden . In contrast, the French garden, roads and coastlines are easily bent. In the green areas of the British fleet virtually nothing has changed.

and lake water complex .

Upon entering the park at the visitor sees a large lake, which completes the garden. In place of the lake was originally a walled basin , which extended from 1823 to the command of Grand Duke Ludwig von Baden and turned into a lake shore with a natural formation.Two sculptures rest on the reverse side of the castle, the lake - it's statues of the gods of the river Rhine and the Danube .

The lakes and ponds of the park are filled with all the waterworks , which use a small river Leimbach for creating pressure on the mill wheel pumps. Fountain uses clean ground water .

Buildings.

In Shvettsingskom castle gardens , along with numerous statues can be seen a number of unique architectural structures. There is a temple and mosque and the pagan gods who represent the philosophical and architectural relationship to classical antiquity, Islam and Eastern teaching of wisdom.Modern scholars see Shvettsingskom Park Masonic start mixing Christianity with Eastern and pagan religions . In fact, all the blocks are separated by a garden ponds and bridges, and thus there is no mixing of the contexts of perception.

The Temple of Mercury.

In 1791, the ruins of the temple were built , which were devoted to the Roman god Mercury. Such a basement foundation of large blocks of sandstone looks like a remnant of an older predecessor. Floors, the temple of Mercury bashenoobrazny tuff has a hexagonal ostnovnoy floor .The reliefs of marble plaster show the god Mercury over the entrances of three similar facades.

The interpretation of the park remains controversial : one of the options is that the ruins represent the overcoming of the secret doctrine in mind .On this option indicates that the temple was built in the shape of Roman tombs, which has three barilefa that show exclusively negative episodes from the life of Mercury, with the ancient Hermes Trismegistosom , a symbol of superstition. Superstition was buried in some measure to his own temple.In this regard, also emphasizes that the mosque is directly overlooking the temple of Mercury. If we understand the mosque as a symbol of wisdom, this means that the mind should not be afraid of death and superstition. Interpreters also Masonic version see the ruins of Solomon's hidden links to the church and its architect giram Abif .

The temple of Mercury and is the function of the observation post, with the top floor offers a view of the lake park and a mosque.

The Temple of Minerva.

Roman goddess Minerva repeatedly presented in the castle garden. Symmetrically to the temple of Minerva had been planned as a contrast to the temple of Cupid, which was not completed.

Apollo Temple .

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