Kindergarten
ResidenceCoburg
Kyrill-Palace
The former Kyrill Palace, also known as Villa Edinburgh, is located in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg at Oberer Bürglaß 2. It bears the name of its last owner, the Russian Grand Duke Kyrill.
The palace was built in 1847 as a residence for the Privy Councillor and Chamberlain Emil Freiherr von Pawel-Rammingen, who received the plot of land with the former Prince's Garden as a gift from Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The southern neighboring area towards Schlossplatz was developed simultaneously by Freiherr von Wangenheim. This is where the property later known as Edinburgh Palace was built. In 1857, the Berlin Major Julius Emil Alexander von Bonsori became the new owner, followed two years later by Rittmeister Friedrich Ehrenreich von Muschwitz. In 1886, Duke Alfred acquired the property, in addition to the neighboring Edinburgh Palace. After his death, the property passed to his wife Marie. In mid-1922, the villa came into the possession of their daughter Viktoria Melita through inheritance, who had been married to the Russian Grand Duke Kyrill since 1905. The villa was one of the couple's residences. In 1940, the city of Coburg acquired the property from their daughter Maria Kyrillowna, Hereditary Princess of Leiningen. Today, the property houses, among other things, a municipal kindergarten.
Architecture+
Palace
The two-story palace was built in the late Neoclassical style. In 1868, Rittmeister Friedrich Ehrenreich von Muschwitz initiated a redesign of the palace by raising the upper-floor windows and constructing a mansard roof. In 1907, a two-story, single-axis extension was added to the north side, and in 1954, it was converted into a kindergarten. In 1962, the southeastern part of the building was demolished and rebuilt.
The palace's facade consists of sandstone ashlar. It is framed at the corners by corner quoins and divided by cornices on each floor. In the center, a three-axis risalit with a triangular gable is arranged, flanked on both sides by single-axis window rows. While rectangular windows are present on the upper floor, the ground floor is emphasized by round-arched windows with wide sills. The windows and door to the terrace in the risalit are characterized by three round arches resting on pillars with Tuscan imposts. Next to the main building, single-axis wing buildings with horizontally structured facades stand on both sides, two-story to the north, and with a loggia to the south.
Outbuilding
Behind the palace is a Neo-Gothic outbuilding, whose rear side is located on the former city moat, now the avenue, and to the north on the Bürglaßbrücke. The former stable building was built with the palace and redesigned in its current form as a stable and coach house in 1869 on behalf of Rittmeister von Muschwitz. Extensive renovation was carried out in 1989/90. It serves the city as an administrative building.
The eaves-side house has a gable roof with dormers with half-hipped gables. The gables have a row of windows and are designed with Neo-Gothic steps on the sides and top. The lower floor, with its narrow small windows, consists of an undivided ashlar plinth and is integrated into the decorative walls of the avenue. The facade above is plastered and features six fields framed by pilaster strips and a cornice. To the south, a single-story ashlar building with a three-sided bay window and terrace connects to the Edinburgh Palace. The west facade facing the palace has four windows, grouped together, followed by a pair of windows and the entrance, above which a loading dormer for the hayloft is arranged.
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