Löwenburg

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Shortened history of the castle:

The Löwenburg Castle (which means the Lion's Castle) is located in the mountain park in Kassel (Hessen, Germany).

This artificial castle was designed by Christoph Heinrich Jussow 1793-1800, centuries after the construction of real castles in Germany. This castle is the imitation of a medieval castle and was deliberately built as an artificial ruin.

It houses an armory of weapons and armor of the 16th and 17 Century.

The first owner was Wilhelm IX and the castle served as a residence for himself and his mistress, Caroline of Schlotheim, later Countess Hessenstein. In 1821 he was buried in a crypt beneath the chapel.

From 1940 to 1945 the Royal Air Force flew several raids on the defense industry for the war economy of National Socialism important city of Kassel. The dungeon of the castle was largely destroyed and large parts of the site were severely damaged. The reconstruction was done in the postwar years, quite useful and was characterized by functionality rather than by detail. The work is still not complete. The keep was not built again, but this is intended for the coming years.

In 1922, Georg Jacoby filmed part of his movie "So the Men are" in the castle. In this movie, Marlene Dietrich had her first small role.