The New summer house in Stuttgart 
The meaning of the word "pleasure house" is no longer the most common today. Passersby who see the ruinous remains of the new house feel like in the Middle Castle Garden in Stuttgart believe, see the caption to report that it has acted in this building was a brothel.
But in a "pleasure house" is not indulged in the flesh Lust. Rather, it was a hard building, which was only just the pleasure of the "pleasure" and serve only for a temporary stay was. Here, large and small celebrations were held, focused feasts and dancing, the downstairs lobby and had served as museum pieces.
summerhouses or summer houses or independent room buildings to be erected in a garden, have existed since the Renaissance. The Stuttgart-New summer house was apparently in his time not only the largest structure of its kind in Germany, it was also widely known for its impressive architecture and furnishings.
Baugeschichte The dominant element of the Duke's garden was since 1584 the new greenhouse. On all the old views of the city of Stuttgart is that building a strong accent. Because of its huge dimensions, it surpassed not only the gardens, but offered his formed architecture also an unmistakable contrast to the old castle: the great gabled building with its foliage-like, four corner towers taken porch and the double-barreled stairs on the sides was 64 feet long, 29 meters wide and 34 meters high.
The plans for this important building in the German Renaissance created Georg Beer (1527-1600). He had been at the Old Castle worked since 1575 he was employed as a court architect of Württemberg.
In fall 1583 was allowed to deliver 1700 oak piles for the foundation. On 30 March 1584 proposed a self-Duke Ludwig the first post, on 2 May, laying the foundation stone. Three years later (1587), the shell is complete, after which you could go to the painting of the hall. Only then we proceeded to build the four corner towers. The whole building including the interior is finally on 5 August 1593 completed. The building owner Duke Ludwig was therefore no longer permitted to use this magnificent building in perfected state, for he died on the eve of the inauguration of the new greenhouse.
architecture and exterior The New summer house was a two-story building, the gable end pointed to the Old Castle, former residence. The ground floor was the original building (62 x 24, 5 meters) around a delicate arcade in front. The cylindrical corner towers with high-settling cone roofs were connected only by this arcade to the core building.
The outer walls of the ground and first floors were smooth and divided only by doors and high, rectangular double-glazed windows (upstairs). The walls of the ground floor were not so obscured by the surrounding arcade. Here the arches resting on Ionic columns. The Arcade In front were at the sides of six arches each a double-staircase. Access to the upper handle via a double arcade with attached dormer. Richly structured and decorated with stone carvings were the high gables. Superposed oval, circular and doppelbogige windows broke through the masonry. The characteristic of the Renaissance ornaments and scrollwork on the horizontal cornices Asked figures given gabled silhouette of great vitality. From the semi-circular gable crowning piece was coming to the bust of the architect Georg Beer deep below the man.
interior ground floor - Foyer The ground floor could be entered on the sides by four, at the ends by two doors. Inside there was a large net-vaulted hall, were let into the bottom three rectangular pool of water. Between the basins were 24 squat Tuscan columns supporting the vault. The keystones of the arch ribs shows 24 coats of arms of offices, monasteries and towns of the Duchy of Württemberg. To the supporting stones of the arch have been placed 65 busts depicting the Duke Ludwig, his two wives and 62 ancestors. The walls are decorated all around with portraits of emperors, kings and princes. In addition, we have established here also ancient inscriptions and grave stones that were excavated in Württemberg.
Even in the middle of the three pools are pillars are mounted in the lower third of water pipes: they serve as well wasserspeiende columns. The water reservoir for the fountain was located in one of the four corner towers. In the basins were the days of Duke Ludwig held fish. The floor of the hall and the arbor is covered with square and hexagonal stone in red and white.
floor - Ballroom The entire top floor was occupied by a single hall. He measured 20.3 meters in width, 14, 6 feet in length, was 14, 6 feet high and was topped by a wooden barrel ceiling. At the top of the barrel three giant chandeliers were mounted whip. The ceiling was painted in full, the representations were heavenly scenes (creation of the world with the Fall, the Adoration of the Lamb and the Last Judgement). At the base line of the vault joined frieze of hunting scenes. To put the whole room is a resting on Balustersäulchen Bank. In the paneled wall was a third. The wall above the paneling pieces were decorated on the front pages of framed maps: you offices and forests of the Duchy of Württemberg after the show A land survey of the geographer Georg Gadner.
In the middle of each long side had built a magnificent portal of brown and white alabaster. The portals developed in three layers from the wall, the third layer was wearing a parapet-like conductor. It is decorated with the emblems of the Duke and Duchess. Above the entablature of the attic each sat a transversely oval, framed like a cartridge nozzle, which connects the music room in the dormer room. In each case a figure group of three musicians crowned the portal.
The music rooms were vaulted and paneled. Duke Ludwig had erected an organ in each room. For events in the hall were the musicians in these rooms accommodated.
The interior of the tower Oberg shoots were painted with historical and hunting scenes. They serve to Frischlin for "Kurzweil, Zaech, games, and what you want".
was under the high roof housed a complex truss structure that will enable the high, exceptionally large column-free arch of the hall ceiling.
building type A separate hall, which was reserved solely for pleasure and festivities, is a building type that emerged in the Renaissance. The nobility was increasingly looking to retire even at its festivals. Previously this had taken place mainly in public space with the participation of the people. Now they prefer in aristocratic circles, the seclusion of castles and gardens. In the Baroque period, this development with the construction of palace buildings or pleasure palaces is far from the cities continued. Here, too, could indulge in the undisturbed hard noise and pleasure. In his time, the Stuttgart New summer house was apparently the largest structure of its kind
use and function of the new summerhouse enjoyed The Fountain Hall on the ground floor is primarily as a refreshing grotto room and lobby very popular - especially on hot summer days. At the same time she also served as an exhibition space. Then let the installation of ancient inscriptions and grave stones and close the hanging of portraits.
Both the peripheral (carefully) arcade and from the terraces (balconies) one could enjoy the view of the garden. At tournaments, located on the front of the new racecourse in the old summer house was used as a stand for spectators.
But above all, should the gazebo provide space for larger parties and take a larger number of participants. The large hall on the upper floor had been specially set up for it. Here were designed primarily wedding and Tauffestivitäten, but can also carnival celebrations and other less formal experience. Already before the conversion in 1750 was organized in the pavilion theater.
The fate of the new house feel like was rebuilt in 1750, the remaining new summerhouse by Leopoldo Retti in an opera house. The exterior was largely intact, only the interior underwent major changes.
1752 is grown on the western side, a long magazine for decorations.
1757 we extended the stage area to the north.
1758, rebuilt the opera for the Duke Carl Eugen again, this time by the architect Philippe de La guepiere
1811 redesign of the external form (demolition of a gable) by Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret; goes the exterior gradually behind the additions and extensions
during 1845/46 the conversion to the Court Theatre is the broad outline of the new enthusiasm for building and only the perimeter, including the stairs on the west side and a sequence of 15 arches are built into the new building.
burns in 1902 from this new development, it is the complete demolition of the last remnants (a new theater is scheduled final and in 1910 built - in another place: Today's big house, the Württemberg State Theater) ; the demolition manager Beisbarth however, recognized the importance of this building and held a lot of detail in drawings. Based on these drawings and his reconstructions, we can still a good Image of the original state of the New Lust house make.
after 1902 moved to the reconstruction of the new house feel like (as a building) into consideration.
Since 1904, the ruins are in the upper parts of plants (since 1961 "Middle Castle Garden). Other finds are now in the lapidary of Stuttgart (take route 24), at the Villa Berg and part of the ancestral busts at Schloss Lichtenstein.
source (excerpts): Wikipedia; Central Journal of the Construction Administration of 14 March 1903 and 8 February 1902
From 1984 to 1987 used the Youth Village Celle (CJD), the castle as a dormitory for ethnic students. 
In 2009, however, this slumber was interrupted for several weeks, as the Eldingen Castle served as the backdrop for a film production of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR): BERLIN '36 . It is based on the incredible but true adventures of Gretel Bergmann-based story of two outsiders, Gretel and Marie, in which, for various reasons on the outskirts of Nazi society. to prevent the Jewish favorite Gretel Bergmann a gold medal in high jump for women at the Summer 1936 Olympics to win in Berlin, the Nazis sent the rival Marie, who is in fact a man in training camp and competition. Against the odds, the friends, the two athletes at the end and fight together for their dignity, their athletic goals and their survival in an inhuman system. 
