Schloss Hessen is a schloss or castle in

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, Germany. It originated as medieval moated castle before being converted into a Renaissance princely palace in the 16th century. Its heyday was as the summer residence of the

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in the 17th century. It was later used as a farm house.

Bibliography (in German)

* Paul Jonas Meier and

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: ''Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Wolfenbüttel''. Wolfenbüttel, 1906. * Johann Royer: ''Beschreibung des gantzen Fürstlichen Braunschweigischen Gartens zu Hessem''. Halberstadt 1648.
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* Thomas Scheliga: ''ARS TOPIARIA der Renaissance und des Manierismus in Europas Fürstengärten. Ein Beitrag zum Jubiläum „400 Jahre Lustgarten in Hessen am Fallstein“''. In: Die Gartenkunst 23 (1/2011), S. 55–70. * Thomas Scheliga: ''Schloss und Lustgarten Hessen am Fallstein''. Dissertation, Heidelberg 2002.
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* Friedrich Stolberg: ''Hessen''. In: ''Befestigungsanlagen im und am Harz von der Frühgeschichte bis zur Neuzeit''. Hildesheim 1968, S. 173-175.

External links (in German)

Website des Fördervereins Schloss Hessen
bei Region Braunschweig Ostfalen
Rekonstruktionszeichnung von Schloss und Lustgarten

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

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