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Villa Royale
The villa, which has been immaculately preserved until the present day, was built in 1890-91 according to plans drawn up by architect Louis Jacobi and for 20 years housed the elegant spa guesthouse “Villa Royale”. Starting in 1892, the lodging rental business was run by developer Adolf Baumbach himself and, after his death in October 1899, by his widow Johanna. Around 1900, Carl Friedrich Gramlich bought the guesthouse, where 18 rooms were rented at that time. It was also possible to rent entire floors, which the family of Frankfurt banker Robert de Neufville took advantage of and used as a summer retreat from 1900 until 1903. In 1908 and 1909, the spa physician Dr. Richard Baumstark lived at the Villa Royale before he established his practice on Schwedenpfad Road and had his sanatorium built on Viktoriaweg Road in 1911. Shortly before the First World War, the property was owned by then District President Wilhelm von Meister, because in September 1913 he requested permission to build a connecting building between his villa at Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 105/107 and the Villa Royale. After 1945, the villa housed the “Hauptamt für Soforthilfe” (Central Ministry for Emergency Aid). The richly outfitted fireplace lounge was often used for conferences of the “Sonderstelle Geld und Kredit” (Special Office for Money and Credit) in 1947-48 under the direction of Ludwig Erhard and is thus one of the locations, along with the “Villa Hansa” on Kisseleffstraße Road, where the Deutschmark was created.
Illustrations (titles and descriptions in German)
Bauplan: Ansicht, Schnitte, Grundrisse. Aufnahmedatum: 20. August 1890.
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Bauplan: Ansicht, Schnitte, Grundrisse; spätere Hausnummer: 109. Aufnahmedatum: August 1889
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Aufnahmedatum: 28. August 1889.
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Lageplan der Grundstücke Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 105 und 109; zudem erfasst ist das Grundstück Louisenstraße 120 (H. Hammelmann). Aufnahmedatum: 18. September 1913.
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Bauplan: Aufriss der beiden Villengebäude Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 105 und 109 mit Einzeichnung des geplanten Verbindungsbaus. Aufnahmedatum: 12. Juli 1913.
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Bauplan: Ansicht, Lageplan. Aufnahmedatum: 4. November 1929.
(Plans, Outlines, Drawings)
Building History
- Construction
- um 1890
- Conversion
- 1913
Location
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References
Rowedder, Denkmaltopographie S. 243
Recommended Citation
„Villa Royale“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1416> (aufgerufen am 06.05.2026)