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This is the Lindenstamm Room. Take a look around to get a sense of how it’s influenced by the style of the Victorian period.

In the early 19th century, some rooms here in the western part of the castle were remodelled in the neo-Gothic style, which was especially popular in Britain. Take the windows here in the Lindenstamm Room – they have the pointed arches that were typical of that style. No doubt you’re familiar with this type of window from Gothic churches.

In this beautiful domestic setting, we’d like to highlight the Europe-wide connections cultivated by the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family.

The links between the princely house and the English royal family hark back to the 18th century. One of the first was established through Princess Adelheid, daughter of Duke George the First of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife Princess Louise Eleonore zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Adelheid married King William the Fourth in 1830 and became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – subsequently known as Queen Adelaide. The couple appear in two engravings on your right.

Gold-framed engravings commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 and the christening of her eldest daughter, Victoria. She would later marry the German Emperor Frederick the Third. There are also pictures of Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort. There is also a bust of Albert, who was from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.

The Langenburg dynasty is linked to the German imperial family through Princess Alexandra. She was married to Prince Ernst the Second of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1896 and was a cousin of Emperor Wilhelm the Second.

The Emperor personally presented a bust of himself to Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg when the latter was Imperial Governor of Alsace-Lorraine.

Feel free to spend a little more time looking around. The suite of furniture and the chess table date from the 19th century and were made in Strasbourg. On the sideboard, you can see pictures of the British royal family, and the glass cabinets contain personal mementos of the princes and princesses and – a very special glove. Stay right where you are for the next stop, which tells its exciting story.