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Rennhof Castle
Rennhof Castle is located in Hüttenfeld, a district of Lampertheim in the Bergstraße district.
By the end of 1853, the Frankfurt Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild built Rennhof Castle in the Empire style. In 1889, it became the property of the von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg family and in 1917, it became the property of the Worms industrialist family of Baron von Heyl zu Herrnsheim. In 1953, the castle came into the possession of the Lithuanian Central Committee in Germany, which has operated a Lithuanian Gymnasium here since 1954. The castle is also the central office for Lithuanians in Germany.
Severely damaged by a fire in 1984, the castle's exterior has been faithfully restored. Today, it primarily houses apartments belonging to the school.
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Striking is the tower placed in front of the three-story central building, which transitions from a square to a polygon above the roof. It is topped by a crenellated viewing platform.
The hall is located in the main wing, the transverse two-story south building. This is followed by another three-story section with a surrounding veranda on iron columns on the first floor. Another transverse building is attached to the central wing in the north. The large park behind the castle is designed as a landscape garden. To the north are the modern school buildings of the Gymnasium.
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