Ballenstedt - Palace Schloss
The Ballenstedt Schloss is a Baroque ducal palace. The palace occupies the site of a religious house founded in the 11th C which became a Benedictine abbey in 1123 and was converted into a residence for the Princes of Anhalt in the 16th and 17th centuries. Of the monastic church there remain the west end and part of the crypt, now incorporated in the north wing of the palace, and there are also remains of the Romanesque conventual buildings in the west wing. In the south wing is the Roman Room, with an 18th C wall covering of painted linen depicting Roman ruins.
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Local Museum
In a very handsome mansard-roofed house (1765) is the Ballenstedt Heimatmuseum which contains finds from Burg Anhalt and surroundings.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Palace Park
The Schlosspark (area 52 hectares/130 acres) in Ballenstedt is famed for its impressive fountains and cascades (designed in their final form by P. J. Lenné in the second half of the 18th C). At the southwest corner of the park, on the Röhrkopf, stands a hunting lodge of 1770.
Palace Theater
The palace theater in the Ballenstedt Schloss is in neo-classical style (1788). Among those associated with the theater were Franz Liszt and Albert Lortzing.
