Can you visit the inside of Schloss Meerholz?

No, the building now houses a nursing home and its interior is closed to visitors.

When was Schloss Meerholz built?

The present residence was erected between 1555 and 1564, on the site of a medieval convent recorded from the 1170s.

Who had Schloss Meerholz built?

The counts of Ysenburg-Büdingen, who had taken over the former convent after the Reformation.

What survives from the earlier convent?

The overall layout of the four wings still largely follows that of the former convent buildings, especially around the older courtyard.

What happened to the Schloss after the Ysenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz line died out?

Following the line's extinction in 1929, the city of Frankfurt bought the estate in 1942 and converted it into a care facility.

Schloss Meerholz

Meerholz Castle

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Schloss Meerholz stands in Meerholz (Main-Kinzig-Kreis), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Schloss Meerholz stands in Meerholz, a district of the town of Gelnhausen, on the site of a Premonstratensian convent recorded from the 1170s. The counts of Ysenburg-Büdingen had the residence built between 1555 and 1564, largely following the layout of the former convent buildings. After 1687 it became the seat of the junior Ysenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz line, and the four-winged complex still features a church tower from 1560 alongside octagonal stair towers, while an early twentieth-century neo-Gothic wing extends the older courtyard. A park slopes away on the north side of the property.

What to know

The building today houses a Protestant-run nursing home, so the interior is not open to visitors.
The park lying below the Schloss, on its north side, can be walked through.
The church tower visible from the courtyard dates from 1560.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.

Where this château is

Meerholz · Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Hessen

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Hanauer Landstraße 2, 63571 Gelnhausen

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+49 6051 6009100

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Can you visit the inside of Schloss Meerholz?: No, the building now houses a nursing home and its interior is closed to visitors.
When was Schloss Meerholz built?: The present residence was erected between 1555 and 1564, on the site of a medieval convent recorded from the 1170s.
Who had Schloss Meerholz built?: The counts of Ysenburg-Büdingen, who had taken over the former convent after the Reformation.
What survives from the earlier convent?: The overall layout of the four wings still largely follows that of the former convent buildings, especially around the older courtyard.
What happened to the Schloss after the Ysenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz line died out?: Following the line's extinction in 1929, the city of Frankfurt bought the estate in 1942 and converted it into a care facility.