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Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach

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Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach

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Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach

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Location: Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach – Butzbach Historic Town Hall loop from Butzbach

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2. Mixed Forest in the Taunus – Limes Trail Station 3 (Taunus) loop from Butzbach

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3. Butzbach Market Square – View of Münzenberg Castle loop from Butzbach

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February 14, 2023

The castle is now used by the town of Butzbach

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KHS

March 16, 2025

Butzbach is home to both the Landgravial Castle and the Solms Castle, located on the site of a former castle complex on the southeastern edge of Butzbach's old town. The town was first documented in 773.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landgr%C3%A4fliches_Schloss_Butzbach

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March 20, 2020

The Landgravial Butzbach Castle was originally a town castle belonging to the Lords of Falkenstein. However, recent excavations in the castle grounds have revealed that a small, circular moated castle probably existed on the site as early as 1200.

The Falkenstein family expanded the property around 1390, then it became the seat of the Eppstein-Königstein family, the Archbishop of Mainz, and finally a castle castle of the Landgraves of Hesse. Around 1500, the Landgraves of Hesse built another castle. Landgrave Philipp of Hesse-Butzbach (1609-1643) rebuilt the castle, which had partially burned down in 1603, as a stately residence.

From 1818 onwards, it was converted into a barracks and used as such until the US military withdrew in 1991. Through this use, the Landgravial Palace retained its original structure as a "shell," but lost what defined its palace character: the tall towers, the dormer windows with their decorative gables, its colorful paint, and, of course, the entire once-magnificent interior.

In 1998-99, most of the barracks buildings on the palace grounds were demolished, and in 2002, the city administration finally moved into the south and east wings. In 2002, a small section of the former palace garden was recreated in its original symmetry as a historical window.

Every summer, the nationally renowned and very popular open-air cinema takes place in the palace courtyard.
(Source: tourismus.wetterau.de)

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Location: Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach

1. Landgrave's Castle, Butzbach – Butzbach Historic Town Hall loop from Butzbach

2. Mixed Forest in the Taunus – Limes Trail Station 3 (Taunus) loop from Butzbach

3. Butzbach Market Square – View of Münzenberg Castle loop from Butzbach

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