Jagdschloss Rehefeld, Hunting lodge in Rehefeld-Zaunhaus, Germany.
Jagdschloss Rehefeld is a wooden hunting lodge situated high above the Wilde Weißeritz river with two main stories, bay windows, and decorated gable openings. The building features a distinctive three-story tower topped with a pyramidal roof that gives it a recognizable silhouette.
Crown Princess Carola of Saxony commissioned the construction between 1870 and 1871 as a gift for Crown Prince Albert. After World War II, the building changed hands multiple times and served as a police training facility until 2003.
The name Rehefeld refers to the deer-rich forest that made the area a hunting ground; the lodge itself was a gift from Crown Princess Carola to her husband Albert, who returned from the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. From 1924 the Dresden masons' Schwerter-Genossenschaft ran it as a holiday home and conference centre, adding electricity, central heating and a dining hall.
The property remains closed to visitors due to multiple ownership changes and various uses over time. Those interested in viewing the architecture and surroundings can best explore the building from the exterior.
In 1937 Prince Friedrich Christian reopened the lodge as an exclusive hunting hotel after a four-month conversion. Its guest list included Nazi leaders, European aristocrats and film stars such as Lída Baarová and Harry Piel. On 6 February 1942 the Wehrmacht requisitioned it as a reserve hospital for 120 wounded soldiers.
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