At the end of the 18th century, Prince-Elector Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1739–1812) created a large English landscape garden at Kärlich including various neoclassical buildings.

Also, nothing remembers anymore of the English landscape, which was one of the first in Germany.The Kärlich hunting lodge traces its origins back to a manor from the 14th century, presumably built around 1344 under Prince-Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285–1354).

During the Thirty Years' War, in the summer of 1635, the manor and hunting lodge, as well as large parts of Kärlich, were destroyed.

[2] On the location of the old castle in Kärlich, Prince-Elector Karl Kaspar von der Leyen (1618–1676) built a new representative palace between 1654 and 1660.

[3] An avid architecture enthusiast, Karl Kaspar also undertook a significant reconstruction of his family castle in Blieskastel.

[3] Karl Kasper and his successors used the moated castle as a hunting lodge and a retreat for relaxation and festivities.

In the summers of 1654 and 1658, preliminary discussions on the Imperial election took place at the Kärlich palace with the Prince-Electors of Mainz and Cologne.

[1] Prince-Elector Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff (1701–1768) was an avid hunter and loved coming to Kärlich, which became one of his main retreats.

[1] When one of the hunters, Mr. von Knoering, in a wild ride, tried to cut off the animal's path, he struck his head on the branch of a tree, mutilating his face beyond recognition, and he fell unconscious to the ground.

[4] In the castle chapel on 10 August 1784, Clemens Wenzeslaus ordained the theology student Franz Josef Pey as a priest.

The French troops under General François Séverin Marceau destroyed the hunting lodge and its surrounding park on 22 and 23 October 1794.

In the center rose a pointed central tower, and at the corners, small turrets with domed roofs were constructed.

[3] In 1778, Clemens Wenzeslaus had the moat surrounding the castle, approximately 20 meters wide, filled due to the "unhealthiness" it caused.

It extended from Burgstraße eastward to Poststraße in today's district of Mülheim and southward to Kärlicher and Mülheimer Straße.

Joseph Heinrich Freiherr von Thünnefeld did the design of the garden, which was approximately 35 hectares in size.

Based on remaining plans, paintings and gravures, the local museum has made a model of the palace.