The Princes' House () in
Plön
Plön (; ) is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, ...
in the North German state of
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...
is a former royal summer residence in the grounds of the park at
Plön Castle
Plön Castle () in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill. . It is the only surviving
maison de plaisance
In Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Early Modern German architecture, a ''Lustschloss'' (, both meaning "pleasure palace") is a country house, château, or palace which served the private pleasure of its owner, and was seasonally inh ...
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 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''.
Deutscher Kunstverlag
The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and bu ...
, 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
Castles in Schleswig-Holstein
Buildings and structures in Plön (district)
Wilhelm II
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