Rastatt Palace was built for Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden and his wife Sibylle Auguste of Saxe-Lauenburg, who married in 1690. The French burned his previous residence during the Palatine War of Succession, and a rebuild was judged unsuitable for court representation. The article names no architect and gives no construction dates.
The palace is Baroque, modeled on the Palace of Versailles, and is described as the oldest Baroque residence in the German Upper Rhine area. A large staircase with stucco decoration leads to the principal upper floor. The Ahnensaal, or Ancestral Hall, is the largest and most decorated room, with frescoes and paintings of ancestors and captured Ottoman soldiers.
The margrave moved here with his court after Rastatt gained city status in 1700. Its restored rooms and Baroque gardens are open for guided tours. The article gives no hours.
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