Kleines Schloss (Wolfenbüttel)

[1] In the 17th century the Kleine Schloss was principally the residence of the hereditary princes of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

The building was also known as the Bevernsches Schloss, since Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel used it as a residence from 1723 to 1735 - his children grew up there.

The Kleine Schloss's small ballroom was rebuilt in the Empire Style and on 15 June 1733 hosted the re-celebration of the double wedding of two of these children - Prince Charles to princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia and Elisabeth Christine to the future Frederick II of Prussia.

[2] The ducal court later moved to Brunswick and in 1791 the Kleine Schloss was sold to Droste Raeber von Rodenberg, one of the duchy's ministers.

It was bought in 1869 by the banker Gustav Seeliger, head of the Bankhaus C. L. Seeliger, who added a park in the English style - a gingko and a Juglans nigra planted for that garden still survive there.