Exterior view

Enlightened princes such as the grand dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who commissioned an ideal ducal seat and town from the architect Johann Joachim Busch at Ludwigslust, encouraged the use of different styles and allowed stylistic experiments. The idiosyncratic fa�ade of the Protestant church in Ludwigslust can only be described as such an experiment. The portico juts out excessively, the six Tuscan columns are widely spaced and carry an architrave, pediment and pedestal-like superstructure - all of which is the introduction to a perfectly conventional hall interior.