The Jagdschloss Gelbensande (Gelbensande Hunting Castle) was erected between 1880 and 1885 as a summer residence for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After 1887, it was used as a base for hunting in the surrounding forest, the Rostock Heath. Because of the dukes marriage to one of the Russian Tsars granddaughters, the Mecklenburg-Russian relationships can still be seen inside the castle today. The Jagdschloss remained in the Grand Dukes use until 1944. It was subsequently used as an army hospital, a sanatorium for tuberculosis, public library, veterans club and a sort of hostel for construction workers. Since the German reunification in 1989/1990, it is owned by the town of Gelbensande and open to the public as a museum. Wilhelm von Preußen, son of Kaiser Willhelm II of Germany got enganged to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Jagdschloss.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:00:08 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015