Schloß Ebnet

Schloss Ebnet is a Baroque palace in Ebnet, a district of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Its courtyard gathers a gatehouse, farm building, chapel, and main building around one spacious ensemble. The garden-facing main façade has a central gable displaying the family’s coat of arms.

Land here entered the holdings of Saint Peter’s Abbey in the early eleventh century. In the late seventeenth century, the Barons of Sickingen created a summer residence, replacing an earlier moated castle. Baron Ferdinand Sebastian von Sickingen-Hohenburg commissioned the present palace in 1748, following designs by Basel architect Johann Jacob Fechter. Fourteen rooms retain intricate stucco by Hans Georg Gigl, while the garden hall ceiling carries allegorical paintings completed by Benedikt Gambs in 1750.

Human-sized sandstone sculptures by Christian Wentzinger once adorned the park and now stand in Freiburg’s Museum of City History. World War Two caused damage, but restoration preserved the palace and its decorated interiors. The restored chapel, first built in 1732, welcomes all faiths, while the private residence opens for cultural events such as the Ebneter Kultursommer.