Spiegelsaal of the Residenz

The Spiegelsaal (hall of mirrors) is the most magnificent room of the former prince-bishop's residence, which adjoins the south side of the cathedral with its large, Baroque, three-wing complex. The residence is the work of the Eichstätt court building directors Jakob Engel, Gabriel de Gabrieli, and Maurizio Pedetti. Martin von Eyb had Jakob Engel build a new residence on the site of the so-called "old court," the west wing of which was already completed in 1702. Under Bishops Johann Anton I Knebel von Katzenellenbogen and Franz Ludwig Schenk von CasteIl, Gabrieli completed the building by about 1725.

In 1767/68 Prince-Bishop Raymund Anton Count of Strasoldo had the hall of mirrors and the staircase in the west wing built by Pedetti; the ceiling paintings are by Johann Michael Franz and the stuccos by Johann Jakob Berg. The last prince-bishop, Joseph von Stubenberg (1790 - 1802), arranged for the interior to be redesigned in the classicist style. Under the dukes of Leuchtenberg, who ruled the principality of Eichstätt from 1817, interiors were furnished in the Empire style.

Ehemalige fürstbischöfliche Residenz
Spiegelsaal
Residenzplatz 1 · 85072 Eichstätt

(2nd floor, barrier-free accessibility, elevator available)