New Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Built on the Florentinerberg, above the market square of Baden-Baden, the New Castle rests on earlier walls, the oldest parts of which date from the late 14th century. In 1479, Margrave Christopher I moved his residence there from the old castle at Hohenbaden. The Renaissance buildings of the 16th century (main wing, coach house, kitchens, archive tower) form the core of the complex, to which are added a 15th-century gatehouse, the terrace laid out in 1670, and a park of about 5.5 hectares. Devastated by French troops in 1689, the castle was rebuilt on its outer walls at the beginning of the 18th century, but the court moved to Rastatt in 1706. A grand-ducal summer residence, it was restored in 1843–1847 in a neo-Renaissance style. Following the Zähringen Museum, the House of Baden sold the collections at auction in 1995, then sold the castle in 2003 to a Kuwaiti group; a luxury hotel project was abandoned by the city council in 2022.