Ottweiler Palais

The baroque jewel known in Ottweiler as the Pavilion, located on today's federal highway 41, was presumably built in 1758/59 on the orders of Prince Wilhelm-Heinrich of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1741 – 1768) according to plans by General Building Director Friedrich Joachim Stengel (1694 – 1787). The roof construction was built by the carpenter Johann Balthasar Bunzel. At the site of the baroque garden palace, there was originally another small building. After the demolition of the castle in 1753, Prince Wilhelm Heinrich used the baroque palace during his stays in Ottweiler, especially during hunting season. The building was surrounded by a moat. The resulting island could be accessed via a bridge in extension of today's "Herrengartenstraße". Two statues, Turks with drawn sabers, were placed here "as guards". After frequent changes of ownership, the building was used in 1987 as the administrative seat of the Protestant church district of Ottweiler, after the building had been thoroughly renovated beforehand.

Thus, the historic palace today presents itself again in a very appealing form and, with its remnants of the wainscoting, doors and door frames from the time of its construction, a marble fireplace and a renovated staircase, recalls long past times. On the former island, in front of the pavilion, is the Baroque Rose Garden, a gift from the district of Neunkirchen to the city of Ottweiler, on the occasion of its 450th anniversary in 2000.