Palaces and Castles of the Hesses

[Jamesffarley]

Here is a floor plan I found of Wolsgarten

[Jamesffarley]

Here is a palace with the following caption, I can't really find anything on it, but would love to learn more if anyone has any information
"Front view and plan of the palace Bolongaro in Höchst"

[Eric_Lowe]

Thanks. Love to see the rooms at the time of Ernie & Ducky...

[Gabriella]

Here is a palace with the following caption, I can't really find anything on it, but would love to learn more if anyone has any information

Bolongaro Palace is a palace in baroque style built between 1772 and  1774 for Josef Maria Markus and Jakob Philipp Bolongaro. The two brothers were born in Stresa (Italy) and settled in 1735 in Frankfurt on the Main. There they owned the biggest tobacco manufactory of Europe and became very rich merchants. Because they were Roman-Catholic they did not get civil  rights in Frankfurt and so they built their palace in Hoechst, a small city lying at the Main. Today it's a urban quarter of Frankfurt.

Bolongaro Palace is the biggest palace in baroque  style that was not built for Royalty. It's situated on the Main and it's opened to the public.
The rooms are richly decorated with mirrors, wall paintings and wallpapers made of silk as well as arich decorated chapel. Today it's used for
concerts and theatre performances. 
 

[Jamesffarley]

Very interesting! Thanks!

[jfkhaos]

I don't recall reading about this in this thread, but I've been rereading Hessian Tapestry again, and it mentioned that the Neues Palais was a drain on Alice's children's and grandchildren's finances.  The book also mentioned that the Neues Palais was sold in 1943 and destroyed by the RAF the following year.  Is it known whom the palace was sold to?  Thanks in advance!

[Eric_Lowe]

Didn't know about that. But yes the palace was destroyed.

[Thomas_Hesse]

It was sold in 1941 and was sold to the City of Darmstadt

[Eric_Lowe]

Thank God. That means that some of the treasures escape the bombs.

[Thomas_Hesse]

Plenty of them - much furniture, portraits etc

[Eric_Lowe]

Wonder where they are stored now ?

[Thomas_Hesse]

many in the Schlossmuseum

[Thomas_Hesse]

A present from Nicholas II to the Hessian family:
The swimming pool at Wolfsgarten dates back to 1911 - a similar pool is said to be at Tsarskoe Selo!
People were perfectly hidden from curious eyes

[Gabriella]

This year the garden of Wolfsgarten is open for the public May, 14-15th and 21-22th 2011.

The Princely Gardening Event takes place Sept., 16-18th 2011.

[VN]

The current contact address for those of you who plan to visit Schloss Heiligenberg in Jugenheim is the following link below. It is not possible to visit the inside of Schloss Heiligenberg. But you can ask for a guided tour around the Schloss, the garden and the memorial chapel and the grave of Prince Alexander von Hessen & bei Rhein and his wife Princess Julie Battenberg.

http://www.vvv-jugenheim.de/index.php?page=impressum  



The Website of the Schloss Heiligenberg Foundation is not online yet. The Foundation, founded in 2008, took over the management of Schloss Heiligenberg and is the actual responsible party for the whole Schloss and its organisation. Currently the former janitors house behind the Schloss is under construction to create a little museum/info-centre. Opening is planed for summer/fall 2013.

Tours are offered in german, english and russian and have to be booked in advance (see above link of the Verkehrs,-und Verschönerungsverein Jugenheim). But generally you are able to walk around the grounds of the Schloss without tour, it is open to everybody.  

Greetings

Vanessa