Palace Square

Minor Residence

Baroque residential towns were characterized by an extensive court complex.

The palace was the focal point, as the prince saw himself as the center of his state. Therefore, additional functional buildings were added to his court, especially a stable (horse stalls) and a coach house. In Kirchheimbolanden, these two buildings flanked the west and southwest sides of the Palace Square.

Furthermore, the Palace Church [Location 30], garden complexes (Palace Garden and Terrace Garden) [Locations 33, 34], the Orangery [Location 41], and the Ball House [Location 25] also belonged to the princely court area.

Kirchheimbolanden was thus an exceptionally well-developed example among the “Minor Residences” of the 18th century – the courts of small territories (approx. 35,000 inhabitants lived in the entire Principality of Nassau-Weilburg).