Schloss Rennenberg, Neoclassical summer residence in Linz am Rhein, Germany
Schloss Rennenberg is a neoclassical country house built in 1846 for Friedrich IV of Salm-Kyrburg as a summer residence. Its main building has seven or four axes, with three service wings set at an angle behind it. A stream arm crosses the grounds and is dammed into a pond.
Friedrich IV of Salm-Kyrburg had Schloss Rennenberg built in 1846 as a summer residence for the princes of Salm-Kyrburg. In the night of 25 August 1940, during the first air raids on Linz, one of five incendiary bombs struck the building; the resulting fire was extinguished. A family from Melle bought the estate in 1992 and renovated it, and in 1994 the castle and park were designated a monument zone.
The name Rennenberg comes from the noble family von Rennenberg, whose burial ground lies within the estate and forms part of the protected monument zone. The landscaped park east of the main building, with trees over a century old, also contains a so-called "Wiesenrondell", a circular feature in the meadow.
The site lies about one kilometre north of Linz am Rhein's town entrance, below the L 256 road and above the Rennenberger Bach. The landscaped park and its pond are private and not open to the public, so the grounds can only be viewed from outside. A side arm of the stream crosses the property and is dammed into a pond.
The estate includes a "Wiesenrondell" and a burial ground of the Lords of Rennenberg, both part of the protected monument zone since 1994. The landscaped park east of the house is not open to the public, but its trees are over 100 years old.
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