Castillo de Wilhelmshöhe

The picturesque palace is situated in the Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park, at an altitude of 282 meters. Today, it houses a museum with valuable antiques collections and the Old Masters Gallery with one of the world's largest collections of Rembrandt's works. The palace and the adjacent park are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The palace was built in the Classicist style in 1786-1798 for the landgrave William IX, later elector William I. In the place where the residence was erected from the 12th century, there was an Augustinian monastery. In the 16th century it was secularized and served as a hunting lodge. In the 18th century it was replaced with the present building.

In the years 1899-1918, the palace served as the summer residence of the German Emperor Wilhelm II. During World War II, a significant part of the castle was damaged as a result of Allied bombing. It was rebuilt in the 1960s and 1970s, and then at the end of the 20th century it was thoroughly renovated.