Schloss Wahn
Schloss Wahn is a late Baroque castle complex in Cologne, built between 1753 and 1757. Architect Johann Georg Leydel arranged three wings around a courtyard, following the French idea of a Maison de plaisance. A masonry bridge and historic gate lead into the courtyard, where a large chestnut grows on a roundel. The iron sculpture Potential by Ansgar Nierhoff stands nearby.
The site first appears in records in 1358 as a moated castle belonging to the von Revelen family. Mercenaries destroyed and plundered that water castle in 1588. Counts of Schall later commissioned the palace, while the Eltz-Rübenach family has owned it since 1820. The estate includes the Rentei, Kavalierhaus, Eltzhof, an old-tree park, and a family burial chapel.
Since 1955, the University of Cologne has housed its Theatre Studies Collection here, with about 100,000 volumes and archives on European theatre. Historic rooms include a Chinese Room, Pompeian Room, music room, and garden hall with eighteenth-century oil paintings. The garden hall opens towards the park through a terrace and sweeping staircase.:VEVENT
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