When the last banger fizzles out and we spend the next few days gathering ourselves and looking forward to 2016 full of zest for action, let's direct our joy of exploration to the current situation: There the people of Frankfurt are just discussing their city history again; neglected long enough, if you ask me - but of course no one does ;-) The former, beautiful New Palace of the Rothschild family in the Grüneburgpark is the subject of bickering about what to do, what to make, where to go, why?
It remains to be seen whether, how and when we will be able to marvel at this architectural gem again at some point in the future. But there is no lack of beautiful, historical objects here. So nobody has to pack his suitcases and book a plane ticket to Great Britain to be able to marvel at traditional houses. Especially when connections to English royalty are also available right on your doorstep: whether it's Victoria or Elizabeth, not to mention Hessian pomp and Frankfurt splendor.
- <link http: juedischesmuseum.de _blank>Rothschild Palais- Jewish Museum / <link http: www.faz.net aktuell rhein-main frankfurt grueneburgpark-stele-verschweigt-die-wahre-geschichte-1213395.html _blank>New Palais Grüneburgpark. The splendid and proud traces of the Frankfurt banking family, which early on dispersed to the four winds on the initiative of its founder, can currently still best be traced on the Main in the Jewish Museum.
- <link http: www.palais-frankfurt.com _blank>Thurn und Taxis Palais: Do we miss Gloria? Fancy a trip to the court of Louis XIV? The Thurn-and-Taxis Palace was built from 1729 to 1739 by Robert de Cotte, court architect to the Sun King Louis XIV, at the behest of the imperial hereditary postmaster general Prince Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis. The Bundestag met here in the 19th century. The family itself has resided in Regensburg for years.
- Bolongaro Palace The three-winged Baroque Bolongaro Palace is set in a beautifully landscaped garden overlooking the Main River. Magnificent rooms, a chapel, a banqueting hall and a porcelain collection make it well worth a visit. The palace serves as the town hall of the Höchst district. From the 18th century.
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-<link http: www.schloss-buedingen.de _blank> Büdingen Castle. Goes back to a 12th-century Hohenstaufen moated castle, which over the years was developed into a fortified castle and the residence of the County of Isenburg. Still inhabited by the family today, it whets the appetite for jousting and game dining.
- <link http: www.schlossmuseum-darmstadt.de _blank>Residenzschloss Darmstadt. This is how it can be: formerly the seat of the House of Hesse. Now a museum: the works of art in the museum, which has been open to the public since 1924, came mainly from the old palace inventory, which had been left to the Grand Duke as private property after his deposition by the People's State of Hesse.
- <link http: www.schlosshotel-kronberg.de de messehotel_frankfurt_schlosshotel_kurzurlaub_taunus_gourmetsalon _blank>Schlosshotel Kronberg. Schlosshotel Kronberg, owned by the Landgrave and Princes of Hesse, has been a grand hotel since 1954. Anyone making marriage plans in 2016 should check it out, I can only highly recommend from personal experience! The daughter of England's Queen Victoria married the "99-day Emperor" Frederick, liberal for the time, who died young and bequeathed the German throne to his less-than-skilled son Wilhelm. Well.sigh, what could have gone differently. Anyway, the palace was commissioned by Victoria Empress Frederick and was completed in 1893 that she eventually used as her widow's residence. Exclusive furnishings and an impressive collection of antiques and paintings privately owned by the mother of Germany's last emperor convey the authentic ambience of a palace from the imperial era.
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