Schloß Wolfsgarten, Baroque hunting lodge in Langen, Germany.
Schloß Wolfsgarten is a Baroque hunting lodge made of brick in Langen, Hesse, standing at an elevation of 115 meters with its main wing running from north to south. The building is surrounded by gardens that include a rectangular courtyard and several adjoining structures.
Built between 1722 and 1724 to plans by Louis Remy de la Fosse for Landgrave Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt, the lodge served his par force hunts. After the hunt was abolished in 1768, the building stood unused and decayed until Grand Duke Ludwig III had it renovated from 1834. In 1903 Tsar Nicholas II met Emperor Wilhelm II here on 5 November.
The name Wolfsgarten is not explained in the sources; it is first documented with the lodge built for Landgrave Ernst Ludwig. The grounds are opened to visitors for the rhododendron bloom on two weekends in May and for the Fürstliches Gartenfest on three days in September, when the park around the buildings can be walked.
The lodge opens only during special events such as the Rhododendron Blossom Festival in May and the Garden Festival in September. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the paths lead through extensive parkland and may require several hours of walking.
The Princess's House, built in 1902 by Joseph Maria Olbrich for seven-year-old Princess Elisabeth, is scaled to a child's size, furnishings included, and is the only Olbrich work preserved unaltered. In September 2013 the side buildings were returned to their 1844 look, based on a painting by Ernst August Schnittspahn, with beige plaster over the rubble stone walls.
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