1838 Meyer REINHARDSBRUNN, FRIEDRICHRODA, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY (#8)

Description: 1838 Meyer REINHARDSBRUNN, FRIEDRICHRODA, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY (#8) Nice view titled Schloss Reinhardsbrunn bei Gotha, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. image size is 10 x 16 cm. Print was published in Germany in Meyer's Universum by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen. Click here or image for larger version Reinhardsbrunn Reinhardsbrunn in Friedrichroda near Gotha, in Thuringia in Germany, is the site of a formerly prominent Benedictine abbey extant between 1085 and 1525, and, from 1827, of a royal castle and park of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family. Monastery Reinhardsbrunn Abbey (in German Kloster Reinhardsbrunn) was a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1085 by Count Ludwig the Jumper of Thuringia, against the background of the Investiture Controversy and the Hirsau Reforms, with which it was closely connected. The monastery stood under Papal protection from 1093. It was also of significance as the family monastery of the Counts of Thuringia. The monastery was looted and sacked in 1525 in the Peasants' War. The monks took refuge in Gotha and the site was sold to the Electors of Saxony, who allowed the buildings to fall into ruin. Castle and park In 1827 Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who had inherited the site, built a country house here - Schloss Reinhardsbrunn - in the English style, surrounded by a pleasure garden. The royal family kept possession until World War II, when, after some time in the hands of the state, the house and estate were used for a short time by Soviet Russian forces as a military hospital and then for various functions by the government of the DDR, who opened it as a showpiece hotel in 1961. After 1991 the castle with its facilities and park passed into private ownership, only to be closed in 2001. Its future seems still to be uncertain. Buyer pays shipping at cost. I prefer payment by PayPal, but I'll also accept any other payment method and currency (except direct payment by credit card) that is convenient for buyer. I combine shipping of multiple items. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SHIPPING: Price quoted with auction is for surface mail to European countries. Please don't pay before you receive invoice from me. If shipping address is within Europe I recommend surface mail, you don't gain much time with airmail, it is just more expensive.

Price: 19.96 USD

Location: Zagreb, Croatia

End Time: 2024-12-05T07:19:25.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.5 USD