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Royal castle Berchtesgaden

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  • Berchtesgaden

The Royal Palace of Berchtesgaden, together with the collegiate church, forms an imposing complex and remains to this day the Wittelsbach family’s residence and summer home. Who could blame Franz, Duke of Bavaria, for loving this location right in the heart of Berchtesgaden!

Berchtesgaden Castle, which served as the summer residence of the House of Wittelsbach after 1810, was formerly the center of a small ecclesiastical state. Founded around 1102/1105, the Augustinian canons’ monastery subsequently attained imperial immediacy upon being granted the right to impose capital punishment (1294) and, in 1559, the status of a princely provostry.

Residence, art collection, deer museum, rose garden

Until its secularization in 1803, the monastery remained the residence of the local rulers. The entire complex is the result of construction activity that continued into the late 18th century. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lived here with his family from 1922 to 1933 and furnished the palace with his art collections. To this day, the Royal Palace of Berchtesgaden remains the residence of the House of Wittelsbach and serves as a secondary residence for Franz, Duke of Bavaria.

Look forward to viewing valuable art collections and Duke Albrecht of Bavaria’s collection of deer. Depending on the weather, you can also visit the small but particularly charming rose garden.

The Royal Palace is worth a visit in any weather. On sunny days, the light-filled rooms and the rose garden reveal their very special charm.

Guided Tours of the Palace

You can only tour the Royal Palace as part of a guided tour. The tour lasts about 60 minutes. Highlights of the tour include:

  • The Cloister
  • The Gothic Hall
  • The Renaissance Halls
  • The Armory Galleries
  • Lower Fletz and the Royal Kitchen
  • The Reception Room
  • The Crown Prince Suite
  • Upper Fletz
  • The Dean’s Wing
  • The Upper Rose Garden

The Deer Museum

The Deer Museum has found a home in the former stables of the Royal Palace of Berchtesgaden, housing the collection of Duke Albrecht of Bavaria (1905–1996). The collection—comprising a total of 1,290 buck skulls, 590 doe and fawn skulls, and 3,425 antlers, primarily from the Weichselboden hunting grounds in Styria— were housed at the Grünau Hunting Lodge from 1984 to 2005 and have been on full display in a new exhibition design at the Roe Deer Museum since the 100th anniversary of Duke Albrecht of Bavaria’s birth in 2005. The collection is now accessible to the public and available for scientific research. The exhibition showcases the results of decades of research conducted by Duke Albrecht of Bavaria in his hunting grounds. He was able to demonstrate that inadequate living conditions are the cause of poor growth in game animals. When game has an adequate diet, there is no browsing damage. For his research, Duke Albrecht of Bavaria was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Contact

Königliches Schloss BerchtesgadenSchlossplatz 2 83471 Berchtesgadeninfo@schloss-berchtesgaden.dePhone: +49 8652 94798-0

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The Royal Castle can only be visited on a guided tour.

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