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Anyone visiting and exploring Bad Homburg Palace and the Palace Park today will encounter three overlapping layers of time: the Middle Ages, the period of the landgraviate and the imperial phase under the influence of Prussia. Among the German palaces, Bad Homburg has a particularly unique position: it is the only place, where the living culture of the last German emperor and his wife can be experienced.This book contains the most important facts including building history, central figures, Palace interior and insights on the development of the impressive Park.

The Niederwald. One book – two sights. Take the time to visit and look at the two monuments at the entrance to the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Trace the respective spirits of two different periods: in Ostein’s Niederwald, which is a creation in the landscape, and at the Niederwald Monument, which commemorates war and the founding of the German Empire. A walk through the “ornamental forest” founded by Karl Maximilian Count of Ostein (1735–1809) gives you the pleasure of enjoying the nature of a forest rich in species and views of the Rhine valley. At the same time, it introduces you to an important period of garden art from the end of the 18th century. The monument with the colossal Germania is also located on the grounds of the historical park forest. It takes you back to an eventful epoch in German history, as a result of which a nation state was founded. Subsequently, many meaningful monuments were erected in the German Empire. The Niederwald Monument proclaims the political messages of that era.