It was built from 1684 to 1695 as a summer residence and hunting lodge for Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Prince-bishop of Bamberg.

Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Prince-bishop of Bamberg, enjoyed the rural area around Memmelsdorf.

He thus asked Antonio Petrini [de] to replace a local estate from the late 15th century with an early Baroque palace.

[1]: 228 Later redesigns included the White Hall in the west wing, created during the reign of Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein in the 1750s.

The four corner pavilions are topped by squat octagonal towers with prominent slate roof hoods featuring pierced ball ornaments.

The palace chapel on the ground floor contains a Rococo altar that was made out of stucco by Antonio Bossi [de] based on a drawing by Küchel.

[1]: 228 The park is today quite different in appearance than originally, when it was laid out during the reign of Lothar Franz von Schönborn in the early 18th century, since the ponds, cascades and fountains were all drained in 1803-6, after the water pipe from the Stammberg  [de] had been cut.