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Palais of Princesses
In 1909, Villa "Waldheim" (also known as "Palace of the Princesses") was built in the immediate vicinity of Monrepos Castle (demolished on April 30, 1969, by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied). It was the residence of the widow of Prince Wilhelm zu Wied and her children Princess Elisabeth and Princess Luise. After Luise's death in 1965, the house remained uninhabited.
In 1979, the 24-hour police exercise "Loreley" was conducted there with over 400 police officers. This was the largest police exercise since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1986, the palace was converted into a museum and opened in 1988 as the Monrepos Ice Age Museum.
Exotic trees, brought back by Prince Maximilian zu Wied from his research expeditions, are planted in the forest around Monrepos.
Today, the Monrepos Archaeological Research Center and Museum for Human Behavioral Evolution is located in the Palace of the Princesses. The part built diagonally onto the Princesses' House was called "Dachsbau" (Badger's Den).
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