ResidenceAmorbach

Fürstlich-Leiningensches Palace

To be privately owned

The Princely Leiningen Palais in Amorbach is a residence in the Bavarian Odenwald. It has served as the family seat of the Princes of Leiningen.

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The origins of the Palais date back to 1724-1727, when Franz Wolfgang Damian von Ostein, a Mainz electoral chief bailiff and brother of the Mainz Archbishop Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, had it built as his official residence. The plans for this were by Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn. After being expelled from Dürkheim in 1797, Hereditary Prince Emich Carl zu Leiningen moved into the Palais before 1803. In 1830, it was expanded by his son Karl zu Leiningen, with the help of the princely master builder Friedrich Brenner. Since then, it has served as the permanent family seat.

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