Salzdahlum Castle, Courtyard View, pre-1700
In June 1795, Caroline, Auguste, and Philipp Michaelis visited the art gallery and grounds of the Salzdahlum Castle; Caroline then visited it again in the autumn of that same year with Wilhelm Schlegel, who had in the meantime moved to Braunschweig. The Salzdahlum Castle was the summer residence Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1633–1713) built between 1688 and 1694 between Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel; the village of Salzdahlum is located halfway between the two towns, Wolfenbüttel being the actual residence of the duke. The entire castle complex was abandoned by 1813; even today, traces are difficult to find on its former site.
(Albert Probst, Salzdahlumg: Das fürstlich. Lustschloß: Vorderseite [1880]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:3.9.).
Salzdahlum Castle Map
(Map: Karte des deutschen Reichs, ed. C. Vogel [Gotha 1907], no. 13.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Site Plan, 1764
Art historians have determined that this and the following site and building plans likely did not entirely correspond to the actual physical layout of the castle and its grounds.
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 1.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Garden View, pre-1700
(Albert Probst, Salzdahlumg: Das fürstlich. Lustschloß: Gartenseite [1880]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:3.8.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Gate Ensemble
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 13.)
Salzdahlum Castle Building Plans, 1697
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate .3)
Salzdahlum, Gallery Locations
“I” = Grand Gallery; “K,” “L,” “M” = ancillary galleries.
(This and all subsequent location illustrations: excerpts from Tobias Querfurt and Johann Georg Beck, Das Fürstliche Lustschloss Saltzthalen [1710]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:2.4.)
Salzdahlum, Grand Gallery
(Tobias Querfurt and Johann Georg Beck, Das Fürstliche Lustschloss Saltzthalen [1710]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:2.4.)
Salzdahlum Castle Ceiling Painting
By Johann Oswald Harms, 1687.
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 2.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Ceiling Painting
The Olympian Council, by Johann Oswald Harms, 1687.
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 6.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Equestrian Hall
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 14.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Grounds and Garden Plan
(Tobias Querfurt and Johann Georg Beck, Das Fürstliche Lustschloss Saltzthalen [1710]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:2.4.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Grounds and Garden Plan
Here the previous plans with various features identified, several of which are represented in the following illustrations.
Salzdahlum, Garden, Bird’s-Eye View
(Pieter Schenk, [Schloss Salzdahlum]: Vue et perspective de Salzthalen avec ses environs du cote de jardin [n.d.]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a:2.2.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Orangerie (“Z”)
Salzdahlum, Orangerie Interior
(Pieter Schenk II and Johann Jacob Heckenauer, [Innenansicht der Orangerie des Schlosses Salzdahlum] [1715]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Museumsnr. / Signatur Top 15 a : 3.31.)
Salzdahlum Caslte, Orangerie
Anonymous etching.
Salzdahlum Castle, Orangerie Interior
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 8.)
Salzdahlum Caslte, Dining Hall Adjoining Orangerie
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 9.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Garden Statuary
Fauns, Bacchus, and a vase.
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plates 15, 16, 17.)
Salzdahlum Castlle, Garden Grotto
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 7.)
Salzdahlum, Echo Cascade Fountain Locations
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 11.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Echo Cascade Fountain
Salzdahlum Parnassus and Fountain of Siren Locations
Salzdahlum Castle, Parnassus
(Wilhelm Görges, Vaterländische Geschichten und Denkwürdigkeiten der Vorzeit . . . der Lande Braunschweig und Hannover 1 [Braunschweig 1843], plate following p. 278.)
Salzdahlum, Parnassus
(Johann Jacob Müller, [Der Parnass in der Gartenanlage des Schlosses Salzdahlum] [1715]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Museumsnr. / Signatur Top 15 a : 3.43.)
Salzdahlum, Parnassus
(Jacob Wilhelm, Heckenauer, Der Parnaß in der Gartenanlage des Schlosses Salzdahlum [1706]; Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum; Museums./Signatur JWHeckenauer.)
Salzdahlum Castle, Parnassus and Siren Fountain
(Pieter Schenk, Prospect der neuen Fontaine samt nebenstehenden Vasen und Statuen beyderseits [ca. 1718–75]; Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum; Museums./Signatur Schenk d. J. AB 3.43.)
Salzdahlum, Theater Location
The nearby Parnassus at top left.
Salzdahlum, Theater
Salzdahlum, theater: uniquely enclosed by living hedges.
(Pieter Schenk II, Prospect des von lebendigen Hecken und baumen wachsenden Theatri in Saltzthalen [ca. 1718–75]; Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum; Museums./Signatur PSchenk d. J. AB 3.50.)
Location of Grand Fountain (Fountain of Orpheus)
Location of Grand Fountain (Fountain of Orpheus).
Grand Fountain (Fountain of Orpheus)
Fountains of the Sirens and Parnassus in the background.
(Jacob Wilhelm Heckender, Die große Fontäne in der Gartenanlage des Schlosses Salzdahlum [1706]; Herzog August Bibliothek; Museums./Signatur Top 15 a : 3.28.)
(Karl Steinacker, “Das Fürstliche Lustschloss in Salzdahlum,” Jahrbuch des Geschichtsvereins für das Herzogtum Braunschweig, ed. Paul Zimmermann, 3 [1904], 69–110; plates at end of volume; here: plate 12.)