Schloss Kothen

Kothen Castle is a building ensemble within the heart of the metropolis of Kothen, which served as an imperial princely residence from 1244 to 1847. From 1603 it turned into the seat of the line Anhalt Kothen Askanier. Traces of an early medieval citadel date lower back to the Slavic duration. Albrecht the endure captured them for the Ascanians. A first castle complex is cited in 1396 supply smart. The old citadel within the Burgstrasse burned down in 1547, in order that Prince Wolfgang needed to relocate his residence to Bernburg.

The oldest part of ultra modern citadel region consists of the Johann Georg constructing 1597 to 1599 and the Ludwigsbau, which was built through the brothers Peter and Franz Niuron from Lugano 1600 to 1608. This is where the throne room, two hundred years later designed via Christian Gottfried Bandhauer, is nowadays referred to as the Hall of Mirrors. It has white, green and ocher colored stucco on pinnacle, a cashed barrel vault. Bandhauer turned into additionally the architect of the 1823 Ferdinandsbaus. The stair tower changed into adapted to the towers of the Ludwigsbau. The ensemble is finished by way of Torhaus and Steinernem Haus.