Rohrbach Castle

Rohrbach Castle, popularly known as Rohrbacher Schlösschen or Old Castle, is located in the middle of the Heidelberg district of Rohrbach. It lies there in a park (which is part of the former castle park) on the grounds of the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg on today's Parkstraße.

The Rohrbacher Schlösschen is a rectangular, two-story classical building with a three-axis central risalit, which is decorated with a frieze in the upper area.

The building was constructed around 1770 by the later and last Duke Karl II August of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1746-1795, Duke 1775-1793) as a hunting lodge with a landscape park. The planner of the original castle park can no longer be determined; after the castle came into Baden possession, the park was redesigned according to the plans of the garden architect Friedrich Ludwig Sckell. In 1803, the castle became the property of Margravine Amalie of Baden, who had it renovated to its present visible state.

From 1920, the Schlösschen was used as a tuberculosis hospital, after having already served as a military hospital in the First World War. The hospital eventually became the property of the LVA Baden and developed into a large specialist clinic for thoracic surgery and tuberculosis.

Today, the building no longer serves immediate hospital operations but is used for administrative and training purposes. The exterior of the castle, located on the publicly accessible clinic grounds, can be easily visited, and the hall, completely restored in 2005, can be rented for events from the clinic administration.