Dachau Palace

In 1182, the last Count of Dachau, Konrad III, died without issue and Duke Otto I of Bavaria took possession of it shortly thereafter.

William IV of Bavaria and his son Albert V ordered the construction of a Renaissance style four-wing palace with a court garden on the site of the old castle.

In 1715, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria commissioned a redesign in Baroque style by Joseph Effner.

The design is attributed to Joseph Effner, while the models for the castings were made by the Flemish sculptor Guillielmus de Grof.

Comparable with the vineyard and famous Sanssouci Palace, were the "hanging gardens" of the Schlossberg: terraces with precious espalier fruits.