Philippsruhe Castle

Philippsruhe Castle was built from about 1700 to 1725 for the Hanau count Philipp Reinhard near Kesselstadt as a Baroque palace in the west of the town of Hanau.

Its present appearance goes back largely to rebuildings of the Gründerzeit: Landgrave Frederick William of Hesse-Rumpenheim lived at the palace for only four years (from 1880 until his death in 1884), which is little in view of the preceding five years of rebuilding; the rooms of the "bel étage", today occupied by the Historical Museum of Hanau, nevertheless predominantly reflect his taste in the Renaissance style, despite the largely lost furnishings.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Philippsruhe” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Philippsruhe Castle ranks #2,974 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #226 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded 1700, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,073 times in the last 60 days, more than 68% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Frankfurt, 15 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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