Elisabethenburg Palace | |
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Schloss Elisabethenburg | |
General information | |
Architectural style | originally Baroque some later additions |
Town or city | Meiningen |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 50°34′12″N 10°24′47″E / 50.570°N 10.413°E |
Construction started | 1682 |
Completed | 1692 |
Client | Bernhard 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.