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Gelbensande Hunting Castle

Gelbensande Hunting Castle
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The former hunting lodge Gelbensande Castle is in the Rostock Heath in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Originally conceived as a summer residence for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and his wife Anastasia Mikhailovna Romanova, it served as a hunting lodge from 1887 and later as a widow's residence. Its architecture in the English cottage style, complemented by Russian design elements such as the double-headed eagle, indicates the family ties to the Tsar's family.

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Around 1880, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III commissioned the construction of a summer residence. The foundation stone was laid on May 1, 1885, by the Russian Prince Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov, according to plans by court architect Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel. By 1887, the building was already being used as a hunting lodge. After the Grand Duke's death in 1897, it served as the residence for his widow Anastasia. An event in 1904 was the engagement of Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. After the November Revolution of 1918, the ducal family was dispossessed, but the castle was returned to them in 1919 as part of the princely compensation. Friedrich Franz IV used the property until 1944, before it served as a military hospital in May 1945.

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