Palaces and Castles of the Hesses

Sarai: The book is beautiful, but also quite large and heavy - almost 2 kilos - so you'ld better factor in high shipping costs.

This year the park of Wolfsgarten is opened 19. and 20.05.2007 and 27. and 28.05.2007. It's very nice there at this time because of the blossom of the many rhododentrons and azaleas.

The park will also be opened in September, 21. till 23.09.2007.

Has anybody any photos of the Royal Burial site of the Hesse-Darmstadt family? I would like to see the graves of George Donatus and Cecilie and their sons as well as Grand Duke Ernst and also Grand Duchess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Dmitri, You can find links to various photos of the interior of the New Mausoleum in Darmstadt at http://www.leute.server.de/wittur/Mausoleum/Mausoleum.html.
Ludwig IV 's sarcophagus: http://www.leute.server.de/wittur/Mausoleum/Mausoleumsbilder/Norden/NLudwig.jpg
Alice's sarcophagus: http://www.leute.server.de/wittur/Mausoleum/Mausoleumsbilder/Sueden/SAlice.jpg

Thanks for those Helen very much. The one of Alice is particularly touching. She looks like she is simply asleep. What a fine sculptor he/she must have been.

I have been searching for this book recently but have not been able to find it through Amazon (Germany), AbeBooks, Addall, or Bookfinder. I would like to purchase a copy, and would like to know where those who have one have acquired theirs from or if someone knows of a bookseller currently selling it. Thank you.

A new book is out about the "Neues Palais". This week there was a lecture about the book and Palais from the author in the Staatsarchiv in DA. Here the details:

Das Darmstädter Neue Palais - von Petra Tücks (Art Historian)

Verlag der Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt,

400 Seiten (Pages), price: €56.-


It shows alot of unpublished material like sketches, pictures, plans (thats what the newspaper writes)

Unfortunatly I coundn't go, the Darmstädter Echo announced it really late. But I definitly will have a look at the book. If there is a ISBN, I will post it here, as soon as possible


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I got my copy directly from the Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt. The book is listed as Number 148 at http://www.staatsarchiv-darmstadt.hessen.de/irj/HStAD_Internet?uid=279306f2-31c4-4311-1010-4348d91954e0 . Contact details - fax number and e-mail address - of the Hessischen Historischen Kommission are are given at the right, under "Bestelladresse".

Thank you for the information.

I got my copy directly from the Hessischen Historischen Kommission Darmstadt. The book is listed as Number 148 at http://www.staatsarchiv-darmstadt.hessen.de/irj/HStAD_Internet?uid=279306f2-31c4-4311-1010-4348d91954e0 . Contact details - fax number and e-mail address - of the Hessischen Historischen Kommission are are given at the right, under "Bestelladresse".

It would be nice to see a photograph of the palace before it was destroyed.

Is it possible by this picture to know from which  window fell little Fritz, in that fatal morning in May 1873? Ans is there any picture of the palace showing  the memorial window Grand Duchess Alice made for her son?

It is the window directly to the left of the rotunda on the first floor. This was the Grand Duchess's bedroom whereas the room with the rotunda was used for receptions. The window was removed by her son soon after his ascending the throne - the rooms were occupied then by his sister Princess Alix the future Tsarina Alexandra.
I have seen a photograph of the window in the State Archive of Hesse in Darmstadt - preserved in an album with photographs showing the rooms of the Neues Palais

Thanks Thomas. It is interesting to know the memorial window still exists.

Very interesting, thank you Thomas! The Palais looks beautiful, such a shame it was lost. It would be wonderful to see more photos of the interior. What's on the site of the Palais today?

I don't know what happened to the window after having been removed from the bedroom. Certainly it was stored somewhere - I do not know whether it is still existing.

On the former Palais's site is a little "park" today - kind of square with some fountains, shrubbery etc - whereas in the 1960ies the new theater was built up in the former Neues Palais Park

Thank you. It's interesting why Ernie chose to remove the window. I recall reading that the window Fittie fell from was overlooked by another window and he was looking to see if he could see Ernie. I presume that was the window of the rotunda?