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Kirchheim Palace
A fortress and widow's residence

AS VARIED AS LIFE ITSELFANECDOTES

Not everything that took place in an important historical monument like Kirchheim Palace had to do with politics and high art, much came down to human stories. We still know some of them today, and they tell us something about life in the past.

Alchemists at work: picture of the distilling room, copper engraving, circa 1580.

The search for gold

Some alchemists paid for their dangerous search for gold, at the behest of their ducal employers, with their life. Only one was lucky.

Alchemy
Book in the living room at Kirchheim Palace.

Very boring

Is a duchess' life exciting and varied? Franziska von Hohenheim's diary tells how it really was.

The diary