Bad Lauchstädt Castle

Bad Lauchstädt Castle is a listed building in the town of Bad Lauchstädt in the Saalekreis district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In the local register of monuments, the castle is listed as an architectural monument under the registration number 094 20658.
A royal palace of Emperor Henry II in Bad Lauchstädt was mentioned as early as the 11th century. In the 14th century, a moated castle owned by the bishops of Merseburg is mentioned, who had the moated castle converted into their residence in the Renaissance style from 1528 to 1536. The building, now called the castle, was repaired in 1585. Duke Philip of Saxe-Merseburg had the castle rebuilt as his residence in 1684 after it had been badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War. After the duke's death in 1690, it served as his wife's widow's residence until she moved to the castle in Forst in 1704. In the early 18th century, it served as the preferred summer residence of the Merseburg dukes. During the period from 1775 to 1780, the castle was partially redesigned.

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