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Schloss Blumenstein (Wildeck)
The Blumenstein summer palace (), also named Schloss Wildeck, is a former Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical palace in Wildeck, in northeastern Hesse, Germany. It was a hunting lodge and summer residence of Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg, landgraves of Hessen-Rotenburg. Once it was called the Hessian Sanssouci, so fantastic were the palace and the English landscape garden parks that were located here. When the last landgrave passed away in 1834, the palace fell into oblivion. Today, there are remains of the palace gardens and some of its ancillary buildings. History The Blumenstein hunting lodge Around 1250, Wildeck castle was constructed and in possession of the List of rulers of Thuringia, Landgraves of Thuringia. In the 15th century, it had become a ruin and a hiding place for a gang of robbers. In 1627, the forest and the ruins of Wildeck castle came into the possession of the semi-sovereign Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg, created by Landgrave Maurice, Landgrave of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildeck Schloss Blumenstein
Wildeck is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany lying right at the boundary with Thuringia, 54 km southeast of Kassel. Geography Location The community lies partly in the middle Werra valley, in the Berka-Gerstunger-Becken (basin) with its small side basins, the Obersuhler Becken and the Kleinenseer Bucht. This basin is surrounded by heights. In the southwest lies the Seulingswald, in the south the outliers of the Anterior Rhön, in the east the outliers of the Thuringian Forest and in the north the Richelsdorfer Hills, which belongs to the southern Werra Upland. The community lies partly in this last-named range. The nearest major centres are Bad Hersfeld (some 25 km to the southwest) and Eisenach (some 25 km to the east). The lowest point in the community is In der Aue ("On the Floodplain") near Obersuhl at 208 m above sea level. The highest point is the Rotestock at 456 m above sea level. Constituent communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |