Fasanenschlösschen

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In 1765, the Fasanenschlösschen was built under Margrave Karl-Friedrich on the edge of the "Bocksblöße" forest clearing, to the east of the castle tower. It is a Chinese-style pleasure and tea house with two pavilions opposite each other. The Pheasant Palace was originally used for rearing pheasants . The pheasant rooms were located on the first floor of the castle and the pheasant master's apartment was on the upper floor. When the castle garden was redesigned into an English landscape garden in 1773, the building was also converted into a small castle. The pheasant parlors were converted into a representative hall , which still largely retains its original décor with sea-green wall paint and classical elements. Since the pheasantry, which at times housed more than 3,000 pheasants, was dissolved in 1866, the hall in the palace served as a prince's school in the summer months and was used as an officer's hospital during the 1870/1871 war. The Chinese pavilions were small tea houses and later study rooms for the children of the royal court. From 1926 until today, it has been the seat of the Karlsruhe State Forestry School , and since 1990 also the educational center of the State Forestry Administration.

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