Monrepos

Neuwied, Germany, Germany

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Schloss Monrepos near Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, was a Baroque summer palace built from 1757 to 1762 for Count Alexander of Wied-Neuwied above the ancestral Altwied Castle ruins, designed by Frankfurt architect Behagel von Adlerskron as "Montrepos" (later "Monrepos," meaning "my rest") amid scenic parks, hermitages, and outbuildings like a kitchen house and marstall. Used as a princely retreat in the 19th century and briefly sheltering a boys' school during the 1795 Coalition Wars, it fell into disuse between the World Wars, became too costly to maintain, and was deliberately demolished on April 30, 1969, by the local fire brigade using fuel. Today, the site—part of a historic ensemble in forested hills over the Rhine—houses MONREPOS, an archaeological research center and museum focused on human behavioral evolution with exhibits on Ice Age finds from the Neuwied Basin, plus hiking trails.