Ziegelberg Palace
A Neo-Renaissance palace of 1878/79 that Edmund von Boch had built above the rooftops of Mettlach. Long the seat of the ceramics museum, today it can only be viewed from outside.
Ziegelberg Palace sits among ancient park trees high above Mettlach, up beyond the factory grounds and away from the bustle of the village. It was built in 1878/79 as a residence for Edmund von Boch, son of Eugen von Boch and from 1868 director of the stoneware works.
The design follows the French Neo-Renaissance, a then-fashionable blend of Italian Renaissance and French aristocratic architecture. A landscaped park belongs to the house, along with estate and administrative buildings raised at the same time.
In 1939 the property passed to the municipality of Mettlach, first serving as a children's home and restored from 1979 onward. It then housed the Villeroy & Boch ceramics museum for many years. The listed building can today only be viewed from outside.
Attractions nearby
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Dagstuhl Palace
A baroque palace of 1760 at the foot of the older Dagstuhl castle near Wadern, with a chapel holding a Stations of the Cross and a crypt. Since 1989 it has housed the Leibniz Center for Informatics.
Mettlach
Saareck Palace
A historicist sandstone palace above the Saar in Mettlach, built from 1902 for Luitwin von Boch-Galhau. Today a guest house and event venue of Villeroy & Boch.
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Tholey Benedictine Abbey
The origins of this Gothic abbey church go back to the 7th century - one of the oldest monasteries in Germany, now famous for its Gerhard Richter windows.