Einsiedel Castle (Darmstadt)
| Einsiedel Castle | |
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 Listed building, former pleasure palace, now a restaurant. |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Paul Meissner |
| Client | Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig |
| Architectural style | Neo-baroque |
| Construction year | 1910 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 54 '22.5 " N , 8 ° 44' 44.2" E |
The Einsiedel Castle is a building in Darmstadt .
Architecture and history
Einsiedel settlement
The small settlement of Einsiedel in Darmstadt-Ost lies directly on the boundary to Messel. The former Einsiedel forester's house , built in 1802, with its outbuildings, today's Einsiedel forester 's house and the former pleasure palace belong to the overall complex .
Einsiedel Castle
Around 1910, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig had the pleasure palace built in the neo-baroque style.
In the 1930s, the architect Paul Meissner converted the castle into a restaurant.
The single-storey structure consists of masonry with a steep slate roof and a plastered facade .
literature
- Günter Fries and others (arrangement): City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 383.