| The 14th-century free-standing keep towers above the Baroque complex, which is clustered |
| around two courts. Paul Andrich designed it in 1678 for Landgrave Friedrich II, the hero in |
| Kleist’s drama, “Prince Friedrich of Homburg.” The originally two-storied palace is the first |
| addition to a larger modern residential complex in Hesse following the Thirty Years’ War. |
| The show rooms of the palace display countless art treasures from the 17th to the 19th |
| centuries, not only bringing to life the domestic culture of the landgraves, but also of the |
| Hohenzollern emperors. |
| Homburg Palace possesses the only stillfurnished apartment of the last German imperial |
| couple, who favored Homburg as a summer residence until 1918. Re-opened in 1995, the living |
| quarters of the English Wing reflect the personality, wealth, and tireless acquisiton activity of |
| the English daughter of the king, who by marriage became the landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. |
| The palace garden was re-landscaped in the second half of the 18th century, although certain |
| areas of the prior Baroque garden remain. To the east of the palace is the orangery, which was |
| built at the end of the 17th century, as well as the “Dutch Garden.” |
| Southwest of the palace is the landscape garden, whose central point is comprised |
| of a large pond. In the northwest, the kitchen garden and orchard are reminiscent of geometric |
| concepts. During the course of landscape planning in the vicinity of the palace, the landgravian |
| garden complex northwest of the residence was expanded. |
Between 1770 and 1840, the Avenue of Firs and Elizabeth Path were created along the picturesque pleasure gardens of the latter’s namesake.
Even now, the fundamental contours of this artistic entity – the central palace park and axis of the pleasure garden which extends to the border
of Limes – have survived.
| Address: |
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Schloss und Schlosspark |
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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |
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Schloss |
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61348 Bad Homburg |
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Tel.: (0049) (0)6172 9262148 |
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Fax: (0049) (0)6172 9262147 |
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e-mail: info@schloesser.hessen.de |
