Königliche Villa Castle

King Maximilian II commissioned the construction of the villa because the royal house lacked a representative building in the formerly free imperial city of Regensburg. The plans were drawn up by Munich architect Ludwig Foltz. The site on the former Ostenbastei, an extension of the medieval city fortifications, was suitable as the Bellevue viewpoint already existed there and the surroundings were sparsely developed. The villa was rarely used by the royal family. An exception was in 1866, when the Saxon royal family sought refuge there during the Austro-Prussian War. After the end of the monarchy, the villa became the property of the State of Bavaria in 1918. After a period of vacancy and subsequent residential use, it served as an office for the Regensburg State Building Authority from 1979 to 2007. Renovations were carried out between 1979 and 1981.