Residenzschloss Mergentheim - Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg — Attraction in Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Mergentheim

Visitors from Canada and the USA may connect the ancient walls of this castle to their own history: Sacagawea's son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (whose father was Canadian) lived in this castle as guest of Duke Paul of Württemberg from 1823 until 1829. The duke had read the Lewis & Clark journals and knew all about the papoose called Pompey. When in St. Louis, W Clark and old Chouteau told him of JBC's whereabouts at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas. In 1846, JBC was working around Bent's Fort where Gen'l Kearny hired him as scout to lead the invading US army to California. Many of them were immigrants from Germany - and JBC spoke German as well. It is a little bit of Mergentheim in the Wild West.

On another note, Duke Paul had a daughter born in Mergentheim. As he had seriously considered emigrating to the United States during the troublesome 1840s, he took his teenaged Pauline to New Orleans, then upriver to Saint Louis, to live with German friends in the states of Illinois and Missouri. Aboard the ship, she met another young emigrant - who later married her. Their descendants still reside in the region and always honored their ancient ancestry. Among other, they still cherish a very special heirloom: Duke Paul had visited California's newly discovered gold mines near Sacramento. He obtained a few gold nuggets which he carried with him along the coast of the Pacific and across the isthmus of Panama. In New Orleans, Paul commissioned a master jeweler to create a pair of earrings for Pauline. Over time, the memory of their historic provenance got lost among the other jewelry. During the 1990s, the earrings were identified again by a historian who had deciphered one of Duke Paul's letters sent to Pauline in which he had carefully described the unique design before they were delivered to her. When their descendant took his bride on their honeymoon, she wore these very special earrings during a visit to the castle in Mergentheim. A magic circle of love and affection had been closed for the first time...

As a wedding photographer, I can highly recommend this location for wedding photo session. I would say 30 min is enough, but you can also have 1 hour here. You can use several room as a background for photo session. You can find some area with great stairs, sculptures, paintings. You can also always use inner garden and space outside Residenzschloss Mergentheim :) On the upper level of the Palace there are exhibitions, so they are not useful for backgrounds. Have a great time here and, please, be careful with...

Wir waren auf ANNOTOPIA in Bad Mergentheim. Der Weiträumige Park ist ideal um verschiedene Themen Platz einzuräumen. Das ermöglicht auch ein angenehmes Klima, da sich immer irgendwo ein schattiges Plätzchen findet. Und die Wege von A nach B oder C sind recht kurz. Das Veranstaltungen immer abgespeckter werden ist halt der einzige Wermutstropfen, aber leider ein stück weit nachvollziebar. Es bleiben kleine Gruppen und Händler heute leider auf der Strecke. Trotzdem war die Veranstaltung klasse. Auch die abendliche Licht und Wassershow war atemberaubend. Evtl. schauen wir uns den Ort mal einfach so zum...