Schloss Schleißheim

Humonguous complex of three palaces. The Old Palace at the west end was a mansion built up into a palace only to be promptly scrapped and rebuilt by 1623. It was bombed in World War II, rebuilt from 1970, and now houses religious art and an exhibition on the former Prussia now in Poland. The New Palace just east was built 1700-26 for Elector Max Emanuel, a sumptuous Baroque confection packed with art work: Großer Saal, Viktoriensaal and the Große Galerie are its highlights. The Lustheim Palace was built in the 1680s (between the Old and New construction) as a villa or hunting lodge: it's 1.3 km east down the landscaped vista, and big spenders can ride a gondola down the linking canal. A grand semi-circular enclosing colonnade soon fell to bits. Today the Lustheim displays Meissen ceramics. The parklands are equally vast. Last but not least, there's a 980-seat beer garden, Schlosswirtschaft Oberschleißheim, in the palace grounds.

• museum
• outdoors
• history

Address

Maximilianshof 1, Oberschleißheim

Getting there

S-Bahn S1: Oberschleißheim

Hours

Tue-Sun Apr-Sept 09:00-18:00, Oct-Mar 10:00-16:00

Price

Adult €10, conc €8, under-18 free, cash only

Website

schloesser-schleissheim.de (opens in a new tab)