Tschifflik Castle

The construction of Tschifflik Palace took place between 1715 and 1716 under Stanislaus I Leszczyński, the exiled King of Poland. He spent his exile from 1714 to 1718 in Palatinate-Zweibrücken and had the complex designed by the Swedish master builder Jonas Erikson Sundahl. The name Tschifflik, derived from the Turkish word for “farm,” may refer to Stanislaus’s earlier stay in Bender. The complex, originally surrounded by a four-kilometer-long wall, included additional residential and utility buildings alongside the main house, as well as a garden area with water features. However, the complete realization of the garden plans only occurred in 1728 under Duke Gustav Samuel Leopold, also by Sundahl. After a period of decay, the complex was revived under Duke Christian IV and redesigned by garden architect Johann Ludwig Petri in the style of English garden art.