Kranzbach Castle ( German: Schloss Kranzbach ) - pseudo-lock, currently a hotel near the Elmau Castle and the small town of Klais.
| Castle | |
| Kranzbach Castle | |
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| Schloss kranzbach | |
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| A country |  Germany |
| Location | OK. Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Bavaria |
| Architectural style | arts and crafts movement |
| Architect | Detmar Blow and Fernardo Biller |
| Founding date | |
| Building | 1913 - 1915 years |
| condition | hotel |
| Site | daskranzbach.de |
Kranzbach is located in the mountain valley between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald, at an altitude of 1,030 m at the foot of the Zugspitz mountain, the highest point of the alpine Wetterstein mountain range and Germany as a whole.
Historical overview
In 1913, the 36-year-old English aristocrat Honorable Mary Isabel Portman signed an agreement to acquire a land plot in the region of Kreis, where the construction of the castle began. The construction was carried out according to the design of the English architects Detmar Blow and Fernardo Billeray in the style of the English arts and crafts movement . For its kind of building, reminiscent of the castles of Scotland and Ireland, the people received the name "English Castle".
Despite a world war , work continued until 1915 ; Mary Portman, however, did not return there, and the building was empty for a long time.
In 1931, the heirs of Mary Portman rented a castle in the Dortmund Evangelical Church for the organization of recreation for young people from the Ruhr region.
On Christmas Day 1933, a fire significantly damaged the house, which was subsequently repaired. During the 1936 Winter Olympics, the castle was used as a hotel.
In the early years of World War II, Kranzbach became a place for the Kinderlandverschickung program (camps for evacuated children). After the war, officers of the American army rested in the castle.
In 1947, the Dortmund Evangelical Church returned here.
In 2003, the castle was bought and converted into a hotel .