Schloss Molsdorf

Schloss Molsdorf is a Baroque palace in Molsdorf, now part of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. The palace, around 12 kilometers south of the city, is regarded as one of the most Baroque palaces of the state. It belongs to the Stiftung Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten.

In 1733, Gustav Adolf von Gotter bought a Renaissance palace on the site. He had it transformed into a Baroque palace by Gottfried Heinrich Krohne from 1734 to 1740. The interior design was made by painters Jan Kupecký and Antoine Pesne as well as the stucco master Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi. At the same time, a French garden was built, with several contemporary sculptures.

From 1748, Heinrich Reinhard Freiherr Röder von Schwende, a minister in Württemberg, owned the palace. He sold it to Duke Frederick III.

From 1939, the palace belonged to Prussia, and after World War II the city of Erfurt. It was restored from the late 1950s.

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Schloss Molsdorf ranks #4,708 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #385 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1600, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 827 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,129 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 34 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Thuringia. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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