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Bayreuth

Hermitage and Court Garden

Address/
Information

Eremitage Haus Nr. 1
95448 Bayreuth
(09 21) 7 59 69-37
fax  (09 21) 7 59 69-87

Responsible administration

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
(09 21) 7 59 69-0
Fax (09 21) 7 59 69-15
sgvbayreuth@
bsv.bayern.de
www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

Opening hours

April-September: 9 am-6 pm
1-15 October: 10 am-4 pm
open daily
closed 16 Oktober-31 March

Waterworks from May to October every hour on the hour:
Upper grotto 10am - 5pm
Lower grotto 10.15am - 5.15pm

Admission charges  

4 euros regular
3 euros reduced

Guided tours

There are tours (in German) every 45 minutes.
April-September from 9 am, October from 10 am;
Last guided tour:
April-September: 5.15 pm
October: 3.15 pm

Combination ticket "Bayreuth"
(three Bayreuth objects of your choice):
10 euros regular
8 euros reduced

 Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Please note

Wheelchairs available

Shop at Hermitage New Palace
www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de

Hotel-Restaurant Orangerie,
tel (09 21) 79 99 70
www.eremitage-
bayreuth.de

Café Orangerie, Neues Schloss Eremitage
tel (09 21) 79 99 70

Bayreuth
www.bahn.de

Bus 302 to "Eremitage"

Car and bus parking spaces at the entrance to the park

Overview about all admission  charges and opening hours
download (pdf-file)

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Object description:

Margrave In 1715 Margrave Georg Wilhelm built the Old Palace near the residential town of Bayreuth as the central feature of a court hermitage. In 1753, when Margrave Friedrich took over the government of the margraviate, he presented the Hermitage to his wife Wilhelmine.

Japanese Cabinet
Click on the picture to enlarge

Fascinated by this unique complex, the margravine immediately began enlarging it, first adding new rooms to the Old Palace including a Music Room, a Japanese Cabinet and the Chinese Mirror Cabinet, in which she wrote her celebrated memoirs. Between 1743 and 1745 various buildings and fountains such as the Ruined Theatre and the Lower Grotto with the hermitage of Margrave Friedrich were produced from designs by Joseph St Pierre. The New Palace and the Upper Grotto were built from 1749 to 1753.

In the sections added by Wilhelmine to the existing gardens she introduced traditional baroque elements such as hedge gardens, pergolas and waterworks. Created in an era when there were no gardens of this type at all in Germany, the Hermitage is thus unique amongst the gardens of the 18th century.

 Hermitage Court Garden

The following rooms are available for your events:

For details please choose a room by clicking on the picture or on the text.

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