Rauischholzhausen Castle

Rauischholzhausen Castle, originally named Neu Potsdam, is a castle-like manor house on the southwestern edge of Rauischholzhausen, a district of the municipality of Ebsdorfergrund in Hesse. The castle is managed by the Justus Liebig University Giessen, which uses it as a conference venue. Surrounding the castle is the 32-hectare Rauischholzhausen Castle Park, an English landscape park that was laid out simultaneously with the construction of the castle between 1871 and 1876.

In 1873, the industrialist and legation secretary Ferdinand Eduard Stumm (1843–1925), who was later ennobled, purchased the land with meadows and forest areas. He had achieved great wealth as a partner in Gebrüder Stumm and, in competition with his brothers, who also had magnificent castles built (Halberg Castle and Ramholz Castle), had the park and the castle constructed. The castle was named "Neu Potsdam". The architect Carl Schäfer was commissioned with the planning of the castle. The park was designed by Heinrich Siesmayer, the creator of the Frankfurt Palmengarten.

Since 1949, the castle has been a conference and training center for the Justus Liebig University Giessen. It also houses the Hessian Service Center for Agriculture, Horticulture and Nature Conservation - Rauischholzhausen Education Seminar.