Württembergisches Palace

The origins of the palace date back to 1804, when Georg Friedrich Ritter von Müller, financial director of the House of Thurn und Taxis, acquired the land on what was then the outskirts of Regensburg. He had it connected with princely estates and a park laid out. In the southern part of the park, von Müller commissioned Emanuel Herigoyen, the state architect under Prince-Archchancellor Karl Theodor von Dalberg, to build the current palace, which was completed in 1806. After Müller's death in 1843, it became the residence of Duchess Marie Sophie of Württemberg, sister of Prince Maximilian Karl, following her divorce from Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg. This gave the palace its current name. In 1932, the city of Regensburg acquired the property along with the park. In 1961, the city transferred it to the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Regensburg, which established a natural history museum there. Between 1986 and 1991, the building underwent renovation.