SCHLOSS ZU GMUNDEN 



built the schloss in which they now 

 reside. 



It stands on the ridge of a hill, half a mile 

 distant from the old town of Gmunden, looking 

 down on green hills and valleys, with a back- 

 ground of snow-covered mountains. The exact 

 date of the castle is 188286, and it was 

 designed by the architect F. Schorbach of 

 Hanover, in the style of the thirteenth century, 

 by command of the Duke, who is an admirer 

 and connoisseur of Gothic architecture. It 

 stands in the immediate vicinity of the villa 

 where King George V of Hanover, the Duke's 

 father, had lived, and which was the constant 

 residence of Queen Marie and her daughter, 

 Princess Mary, till they died. 



After the death of Prince Christian, the 

 Duke's second son, in 1901, a family vault 

 was built on the east side of the castle in 

 the rising ground which forms the foundation 

 of the south terrace. The vault is a jewel in 

 material and in execution. Four members of 

 the Royal house, Queen Marie, Princess Mary, 

 Prince Christian, and Prince Georg Wilhelm, 

 already rest there. 



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