During the more than 150 years in which the counts of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim made Weikersheim Palace their permanent residence, it is primarily the Renaissance and Baroque periods that have left behind impressive buildings and a charming garden complex.
Renaissance:
The imaginative triangular floor plan of Weikersheim Palace is an example of the experimentation with the shape of floor plans popular during the age of mannerism around 1600 in Europe.
The renaissance ideals of symmetry and proportion were also realized in Weikersheim Palace. Six richly decorated, renaissance roll gables adorn the "Saalbau" (Hall Building) in a strict symmetrical arrangement, and the horizontal subdivision of the facades is emphasized.
Many halls like the "Rittersaal" (Hall of Knights) at Weikersheim Palace were built at the time, however this example excels as one of the most original of its kind. In addition, it is also very well preserved. The decorations of the sculptured stags, deer and game animals were popular in Denmark and in what is today the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The stuccoworker Johann Schmidt probably learned this type of decoration during his time as a journeyman and also adopted it in Gottorf Palace later.
Baroque:
The baroque palace complex always also creates a connection to the town. In Weikersheim there are buildings which produce this connection, i.e. the eastern wing and a representative portal structure with the royal stables.
The interior appointments of the eastern wing, with its spacious suites of rooms which provide excellent preservation of the baroque arrangement of rooms and the furnishings, are in excellent condition.
The palace gardens, with the axial complex and the diverse range of figures, are completely intact even today and are a prime example of baroque garden architecture.
Rococo:
In 1729 the somewhat heavy baroque forms from the years 1679 - 1684 were added in quarter circles to the arcade buildings which open to the town and the market square in the semicircle.
Count Ludwig Friedrich Carl, the nephew of Carl Ludwig von Hohenlohe, had an appartement built for himself in Weikersheim in rococo forms in 1766.