Usinger Schloss

Usingen

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Where: Usingen

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Usinger Schloss stands in Usingen (Hochtaunuskreis), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 19th century. No visits are on record for this building.

The Usinger Schloss stands in the town centre of Usingen, on the site of a 14th-century stronghold later turned into a baroque residence in the 18th century. A major fire destroyed the building in 1873, sparing only a side wing, the so-called Krumme Bau, which was itself pulled down a few years afterwards. In its place a brick building was erected in 1879 and now houses a secondary school, the Christian-Wirth-Schule, so the site is chiefly seen from the outside, around the Schlossplatz and the adjoining garden.

What to know

The building houses a working school, the Christian-Wirth-Schule, and cannot be visited inside.
Nothing of the original baroque castle survives: the current structure dates from 1879.
The Schlossplatz and the adjoining garden remain freely accessible from the outside.
The site sits right in the centre of Usingen, an easy walk from the rest of the old town.