Schloss Friedrichstein
Baroque palace above Bad Wildungen with Hessian military history, the Ottoman “Türkenbeute” (Turkish spoils) and Empire-style rooms – visits on guided tours only.
Om museet
A castle stood on the Schlossberg above Altwildungen from around 1200 and passed to the Counts of Waldeck in 1260. In 1663 Count Josias II of Waldeck began replacing it with a Baroque palace; when he fell fighting the Ottomans on Crete in 1669, the building was unfinished. His nephew Friedrich Anton Ulrich had the complex completed between 1707 and 1714 and gave it the name Friedrichstein. Around 1715 to 1719, the stucco work by Andrea Gallasini and the ceiling paintings by Carlo Ludovico Castelli were created in the banquet hall.
After the court moved to the new residence palace in Arolsen in 1720, Friedrichstein was only occasionally inhabited, and much of its furnishings were lost. A variety of uses followed, including as a military hospital in 1870/71, a summer residence of the princely family, a youth hostel and a hotel, and as a training center during the Nazi era. In 1920 the palace passed to the Free State of Waldeck, and after World War II to the state of Hesse.
After extensive restoration, it is now run as a museum by Hessen Kassel Heritage (formerly Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel). On display are weapons, uniforms, orders and paintings on Hessian military history from the 16th to the 19th century, as well as the so-called Turcica: Ottoman objects that the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel captured, received as gifts or purchased – above all a magnificent audience tent. Since 2023 a permanent exhibition on the upper floor has added Empire-style furniture from Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and the Kassel Residenzpalais.
Højdepunkter
- Richly decorated Ottoman audience tent from the Landgraves' “Türkenbeute” (Turkish spoils)
- Weapons, uniforms and orders on Hessian military history (16th–19th century)
- Empire-style rooms with furniture from Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and the Kassel Residenzpalais
- Baroque banquet hall with stucco and ceiling paintings (1715–1719)
- Gothic round tower of the medieval castle
Permanente udstillinger
- Sammlung Hessische Militärgeschichte – Weapons, uniforms, orders and paintings from the 16th to the 19th century, often magnificently crafted status symbols of their time.
- Turcica – Ottoman weapons and equipment owned by the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, with a richly decorated audience tent as the centerpiece.
- Schlossräume im Stil des Empire – Since 2023, furnished rooms have displayed early 19th-century furniture from Kassel's residences, complemented by clothing, ceramics and paintings.
- Ejer
- Hessen Kassel Heritage
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 8 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 5 €University students, trainees/apprentices, people with severe disabilities (degree of disability 50 or higher), volunteer service participants, unemployed people and Bürgergeld recipients, groups of 10 or more, holders of the KasselCard, KurKulturCard/Vitalpass, Ehrenamtscard (volunteer card) or Juleica (youth leader card); also when visiting a second Hessen Kassel Heritage venue on the same day |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 17 år · Children and young people under 18 and school students get free admission. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed. |
| Personer med handicap | 5 €ledsager gratis · Degree of disability 50 or higher. |
| Studerende og elever | 5 €Students of the University of Kassel free. |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 5 € pr. personReduced admission for groups of 10 or more; children's and youth groups including 2 accompanying adults free. |
| Familier | –No family ticket; children under 18 free. |
| Hessen Kassel Heritage annual pass | 60 €Free admission to all Hessen Kassel Heritage venues, including the planetarium. |
Free admission with, among others, Meine Card+ and Auszeit Card+, the FamilienApp Hessen, for refugees, and for members of ICOM, the Deutscher Museumsbund and the Museumsverband Hessen.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
According to Hessen Kassel Heritage, not accessible; parking spaces for holders of a disabled parking permit are available, and assistance dogs are allowed.
Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
I bil
Parkering muligt
Parking lot at the palace with a footpath to the palace inner courtyard; accessible parking spaces available.
- Handicapparkering
Service & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Godt at vide | The palace can be visited only on the guided tours that start every half hour. Group programs through the Hessen Kassel Heritage visitor service (tel. 0561 31680-123, service@heritage-kassel.de). |
