# Schlösschen

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The Schlösschen in Heidelberg’s Handschuhsheim district is a protected monument rooted in a late-medieval noble residence. Its elongated, two-storey form carries a mansard roof.

A Renaissance-style stair tower marks the oldest surviving section, while Baroque details shape the building around it. A smaller stair tower stands at the northeast corner.

The northern bay window faces Dossenheimer Landstraße, adding another clear feature to the historic façade. A modern L-shaped annex contains the Carl-Rottmann-Saal.

Its arched windows recall the former orangery, while the name honours painter Carl Rottmann from Handschuhsheim. Grahampark extends south behind the buildings.

Carl Adolph Uhde created the park with local and exotic plants, and a municipal redesign gave it its present layout. The property first appears as Knebelhof in fifteenth-century records.

Its owners included the Knebel, Landschad von Steinach, Venningen, Rottmann, Uhde and Graham families. Repeated destruction and rebuilding left the stair tower as a historical witness.

Heidelberg acquired the estate in 1919 after wartime complications. The building later served as a youth hostel, special school and music school.

Cultural uses then shaped the relationship between the Schlösschen, Carl-Rottmann-Saal and Grahampark. The ensemble connects architecture, botanical planting and Heidelberg’s layered local history.

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## Photos

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