Langen Travel Guide

 christine.j Says:  A hunting lodge which is called Wolfsgarten needs to have some wolves, of course! When the lodge was built, it was shaped like a square, around a yard in the middle. This is where the hunters used to meet, before they rode off. In the center of this square there is a... 

 christine.j Says:  One side of the lodge is dedicated to roses. Probably because we had an unusually warm April this year, the roses were in full bloom already. It was so beautiful!!Rosebushes were growing up alongside of the house, mainly white and red ones. This again reminded me of a... 

 christine.j Says:  Close to the lodge there is a garden, full with sculptures, very playful. All along on the wall you can see small sculptures and in the garden itself there are several, put up in a geometrical way. This is a garden in which the sculptures seem to be more important than the... 

 christine.j Says:  Langen is about 20 minutes away from Frankfurt and about 15 minutes from Darmstadt. Today, that is! Back in the 18th century this journey took much longer. There is an old signpost standing next to the lodge, saying "Four hours to Darmstadt". Probably that was a day trip... 

 christine.j Says:  The Prinzessinnenhaus is locked, but I could see through the windows that there are still some furniture inside. A photo was standing on a table, with a picture of a little girl from about 1900. Stuffed animals can be seen, among them a pug.Outside the house, there is a... 

 christine.j Says:  The rhododendron bushes have been planted on two sides of the park.Small and tall bushes, white ones, pink and red ones, purple ones, all truly magnificent.Old statues are standing there as well. My favourite was one of a mother cuddlingher child. 

 christine.j Says:  There is a pond in the park, covered by lots of water-lilies and again surrounded by old trees and flowers. Very small benches had been put up many years ago. The pond was inhabited by lots of frogs, all croaking happily.I was almost expecting one of the frogs wearing a... 

 christine.j Says:  Walking through the park, we saw old, weather-beaten walls , partially hidden under flowers. Among the rhododendron bushes there were some old , very small stairs all of a sudden, seemingly leading into nowhere.All this added to the fairytale atmosphere. 

 christine.j Says:  One of the biggest attractions is the so-called Prinzessinenhaus, the house for the princess. The last grand duke and his wife were forced into marriage by their families, even though they didn't particularly like each other. They had a little girl, Elisabeth, born 1895.A... 

 christine.j Says:  You can see that most of the park has been cared for, but a very large part has been left alone and is like a small forest. The trees are very old, some of them are quite tall.There is an oak tree which is said to be protected due to its age. It's a very large tree,... 

 christine.j Says:  Schloss Wolfsgarten was built in the first half of the 18th century and only used when the count of Hessen went hunting with his guests.Later it was no longer used, so that in 19th century it had to be renovated when the grand duke of Hessen liked to live there with his... 

 eledhwen Says:

 1 Review and 80 Opinions  I stayed the night I was in Langen in Maxx, one of the three hotels in this small and quiet town....