Jagdhaus Lassmichinruh, Hunting lodge in Eisenberg, Germany
Jagdhaus Lassmichinruh is a two-story lodge built into a slope southwest of Ramsen, west of Landesstraße 396. Its ground floor is mortared red sandstone; above are two wooden stories with carved decorations, a first-floor veranda with an alcove and an external stone stair, and a second-floor oval balcony. The overhanging roof rafters bear plant carvings, and remains of a tiled swimming pool lie under the veranda.
Josef Bürckel (1895–1944), Nazi Gauleiter of the Palatinate from 1925 and of Saar-Palatinate from 1935, had the lodge built near Ramsen around the same time as his official residence, Villa Böhm in Neustadt. It was certainly finished by 1937, the date of surviving photographs. Bürckel, a keen hunter, spent his free time there with party friends; locals report that Hermann Göring visited several times as a guest. After the Nazi era it was expropriated and is now owned by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The name 'Lassmichinruh' follows a regional tradition of giving hunting lodges imperative phrases as names. This naming style was typical of the Palatinate Forest, where forest buildings were often addressed in direct or humorous ways.
Access to the site is by hiking trails through the forest, which requires sturdy footwear and basic navigation skills. A visit is best made on foot during drier months when forest paths are not muddy.
The oval balcony on the second floor once carried the house name Lassmichinruh, framed by a carved hare and hunting dog; the lettering is gone but both animals survive. Under the veranda, traces of a tiled swimming pool from the 1930s can still be made out.
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