The Princes' House (german: Prinzenhaus) in Plön in the North German state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

is a former royal summer residence in the grounds of the park at Plön Castle. It is the only surviving

maison de plaisance In Renaissance and Early Modern German architecture, a ''Lustschloss'' (french: maison de plaisance, both equating in English to "pleasure castle/house") is a small country house or palace which served the private pleasure of its owner, usuall ...

in Schleswig-Holstein. It was given its present name because at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century it was used as a residence and school for the sons of the German emperor, William II. At that time it was enlarged with two extensions. A farm on nearby

Princes' Island The Princes' Island''Round Tour ...

served the princes as a learning site for agricultural skills.

Sources

* Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz (Hg.in): ''Kulturerbe bewahren. Förderprojekte der Deutschen Stiftung Denkmalschutz. Bd. 3: Schlösser, Burgen, Parks''. Monumente, Bonn 2004, , S. 202–211. * Dehio: ''Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein''.

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, München 1994, * J. Habich, D. Lafrenz, H. Schulze, L. Wilde: ''Schlösser und Gutsanlagen in Schleswig-Holstein''. L&H Verlag, Hamburg 1998,

External links

Prinzenhaus, PlönFriends of the Plön Prinzenhaus

Insights of Plön with historic postcards of the Prinzenhaus

More details and photographs at www.monumente-online.de
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