Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

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Integrated into the overall work of art Wilhelmshöhe was begun in 1786 in several stages, the castle Wilhelmshöhe. Parallel to the redesign of the Baroque park as an English landscape garden developed Landgrave Wilhelm IX., Later Elector William I (reigned 1785-1821), the castle project. The target elevated and dignified character of the park should have a marked structural correspondence. The Baroque Hercules Monument and Cascade was awarded this effect, the old hunting lodge, the Landgrave Moritz of scholars (reigned 1592-1627) instead of the Augustinian monastery white stone has been built, however, had to give way to the castle building.

According to plans by Simon Louis du Ry (1726-1799) was inspired by Palladian country castles in England today called white stone wings. Originally planned as a solitary, decided Wilhelm IX. even during the construction of a northern counterpart, today's church wing, and finally to a middle section. For this Corps de Logis Du Ry also placed next to its employees Jussow Heinrich Christoph (1754-1825) drafts. Löwenburg (1793-1800) verwirklichte, und einer Übernahme des klassizistischen Stils der Seitentrakte entscheiden.">The architecturally ambitious Landgraf could ruin a long time between architecture, as they finally decide Jussow the aqueduct (1788-1792) and the Lion's Castle (1793-1800) realized, and a takeover of the classical style of the side wings. Portikus und eine vom römischen Pantheon abgeleitete Kuppel gegenüber den Seitenflügeln monumental zu überhöhen." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Finally, put Jussow through with his plan to elevate the main building by a monumental portico and one from the Roman pantheon, led dome over the wings. Its closed form, the chateau was the first under the Elector William II (reigned 1821-1831) to establish the connection between these three buildings separated wings, made.

In early 1945, a bomb destroyed the central wing of the castle. Only 1968-1974 the building was rebuilt and reformed under its new function as an art museum. On the reconstruction of the dome was thereby waived, partly because it would have affected the natural light in the upper floor. Construction defects made 1994 the closing of the necessary. In June 2000, Castle Wilhelmshöhe be reopened with a fundamental reorganization of the exhibition space designed by the Munich architect Stephan Braunfels.