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Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt. Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 November 1763, Bouxwiller – 17 April 1830, Darmstadt) was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster.
Retained his brother's land. Hesse-Homburg became under mortgage to two merchants (1671–1673) and to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt (1673–1679). Hesse-Homburg returned then to George Christian's brother, Frederick. Louis VII: 22 June 1658: 1678: 31 August 1678: Hesse-Darmstadt: Unmarried: Regency of Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha ...
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Middle Ages
The origins of the castle lie in the Katzenelnbogen time. In the middle of the 13th century the counts of Katzenelnbogen built a moated castle in Darmstadt. In 1330 Darmstadt received town rights, one year later the castle is mentioned for the first time in a document. From 1386, the moated castle lost importance and became a widow's residence and secondary residence. In the following two centuries, the counts of Katzenelnbogen extended and rebuilt the castle again and again. Until the middle...
Renaissance era
Landgrave George I considerably extended the castle from 1567 to a Renaissance complex and secured it with moats and bastions. The half-timbered floors of the former palace and the hall are rebuilt from stone. The buildings received new roofs. Christoph Müller and Jakob Wustmann developed the old moated castle into a residential palace. After 1589 the office, the stables and the arsenal were built, which no longer exist today. From 1594, the landgrave had orphans educated in the castle. From...
Baroque era
Landgrave Ernst Ludwig commissioned the French architect Louis Remy de la Fosse to plan a new baroque palace with four large wings in 1715, after the palace's chancellery had burned down. This was to completely replace the old palace. Due to lack of money, however, only two wings were completed by 1726. These were to remain the last major structural changes to the castle. When Hessen-Darmstadt joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806, the castle became the seat of the Grand Dukes of Darm...
The castle is divided into three areas: the outer fortification including Schlossgraben[de], the Renaissance castle and the Baroquecastle (De-la-Fosse-Bau). The north is occupied by a park that belongs to the old fortification.In its place was once the deep moat that completely surrounded the castle. The centerpiece of the Residential Palace Darmst...
The castle is located in the centre of Darmstadt. Nearby are the Marktplatz[de] (market square) and Altes Rathaus[de] (town hall) in the South. The Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt by Alfred Messel, the neoclassical former court theatre Haus der Geschichte Darmstadt[Wikidata] (House of History) by Georg Moller, the square Karolinenplatz[de] are si...
The castle seen from the WestThe castle seen from the East, KirchenbauBrückenhaus and Wallbrückeseen from the NorthSchlossgraben(castle moat) in 2014The palace museum shows objects belonging to the former landgraves and Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt. Opened in 1924,the museum is located in the bell and church building of the residential palace.
The Schlosskelleris an event location and a club in the basement of the castle. Since 1966, the club has been run by students.
Since 1999 the Schlossgrabenfest[de], the largest music festival in Hesse and one of the largest open-air events in Germany, has taken place every year on the last weekend of May around the Residential Palace Darmstadt and Friedens- und Karolinenplatz in Darmstadt. The musical spectrum ranges from rock, pop, electro, reggae and hip-hop to soul and ...
According to several witnesses, including Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover, the ghost of the old Duchess of Darmstadt was seen in one of the rooms of the palace.
"Kaffeetrinken im Schloss". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 2 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2023.Zimmermann, Georg (1978). Das Darmstädter Schloss und seine Baugeschichte (in German). Darmstadt: Roether. ISBN 3-7929-0101-3. OCLC 8286094.Wirtz, Ferdinand (1850), Gr. Residenzschloss zu Darmstadt (in German), Darmstadt: Lith. Anst. v. F. Wirtz, OCLC 945899464- Germany
- TU Darmstadt
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Cristián Luis de Hesse-Darmstadt (Bouxwiller, 25 de noviembre de 1763 - Darmstadt, 17 de abril de 1830) fue landgrave de la casa de Hesse-Darmstadt y un general holandés. Fue también un francmasón entusiasta, llegando a gran maestre.
- Casa de Hesse-Darmstadt
- 25 de noviembre de 1763, Bouxwiller
Who was Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt? Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster.
In 1853 Prince Christian, who was a direct descendant of the Oldenburg Royal Family, was ordained as the successor to Friedrich VII who remained childless. After the death of Friedrich VII at Schloss Glücksburg on 15 November 1863, the Prince was enthroned.
Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 November 1763, Bouxwiller - 17 April 1830, Darmstadt) was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster. The youngest son of landgraf Louis IX and his wife Caroline, one of his brothers was...
