Schloss Assumstadt

Schloss Assumstadt is a Baroque palace in Assumstadt, a small settlement within the Möckmühler district of Züttlingen in northern Baden-Württemberg. It stands on the site of an earlier castle and was built between 1769 and 1799 under the direction of the Prague architect Paul Wiedhopf, possibly using designs by his compatriot Johann Joseph Wirch. The palace is surrounded by a large park, and its interiors feature doors, stoves, windows and floors partly copied from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace, made in Prague workshops. The building was a gift from Empress Maria Theresia of Austria to her former general Karl Reinhard von Ellrichshausen, whose family had held local authority since 1667. After the Ellrichshausen line died out, the palace passed in 1937 to Hubert Graf zu Waldburg-Wolfegg, and it remains in the possession of his descendants today. The former Assumstadt church, demolished in 1799, once stood on the open space in front of the palace. Visitors find a well-preserved Baroque residence with rooms that echo the grandeur of Schönbrunn. The park offers shaded walks and open lawns, while the palace itself shows fine craftsmanship in its copied fittings. The setting combines gentle countryside with formal garden design, giving a quiet impression of 18th-century aristocratic life.