Elisabethenburg Palace

Elisabethenburg Palace
Schloss Elisabethenburg
Elisabethenburg Palace is located in Thuringia
Elisabethenburg Palace
Elisabethenburg Palace
Elisabethenburg Palace is located in Germany
Elisabethenburg Palace
Elisabethenburg Palace
General information
Architectural styleoriginally Baroque
some later additions
Town or cityMeiningen
CountryGermany
Coordinates50°34′12″N 10°24′47″E / 50.570°N 10.413°E / 50.570; 10.413
Construction started1682
Completed1692
ClientBernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Elisabethenburg Palace (German: Schloss Elisabethenburg) is a Baroque palace located on the northwestern edge of Meiningen in Germany. Until 1918 it was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen. The castle now houses the Meininger Museum as well as the Max Reger archives, the Thuringian State Archives, the Max Reger music school, the Johannes Brahms concert hall, a restaurant, the tower Cafe, and the ceremonial rooms of the Meinigen City Council and Registry Office.