Sumptuous building
The Ludwigsburg Palace is one the largest Baroque palaces in Europe. It was built on the initiative of the Duke Eberhard Ludwig who reigned in Württemberg between 1693-1733. The Palace was built between 1704 and 1733 and was intended to strengthen the weak political and economic position of Eberhard Ludwig.
It supplemented the spacious gardens belonging to the nearby Palais Favorite. The town of Ludwigsburg, founded in 1709, also belonged to this park and later was to become a residence town.
One of the successors − Duke Carl Eugen − incorporated the larger region into the park and aspired to build the Monrepos Water Palace at the Eglosheim lake.
The individual buildings and facilities can best be explored on a walking round tour or a guided tour: Old Corps de Logis, Order Chapel, Building of the Giants, Games and Hunting Pavilion, Palace Church, Order Chapel and Kavalierbauten, new Corps de Logis, ancestral gallery and painting gallery as well as the theatre and Festin building.
Furthermore, the Southern garden, Friedrichsgarten, Mathildengarten, the Upper and Lower Orchard Garden, the North Garden with its so-called ice cellar − the biggest of its type in Southern Germany − invite you to take long walks and enjoy the ocean of colours and fragrances. Palms and orchids in the orangerie (changing exhibitions), the mediterranean plants in the Sardic garden − populated by flamingos and ruddy sheld ducks - or the enormous rhododendrons and azaleeas, flowers and rose gardens are worth exploring.
Suitable for all ages between 6−99
It will take around 1 ½ hour to get there from Heidelberg (ca. 120 km)
The tour "Ludwigsburg Palace" is suitable for wheelchair users; "Favorite Palace" and "Monrepos" are only partly suitable or you need some support.
