In the middle, you can see the former Württemberg racecourse. After WW1, the course was turned into small gardens.
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The Royal Württemberg stud farm was founded in 1810 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the royal summer residence at Scharnhausen, the Scharnhausen mansion. The Arab horses were imported directly from Damascus, Syria with the help of Baron von Fechting and the Polish Count Rzewusky.
The stock quickly increased by 1816 and new farms were procured in 1817 in Kleinhohenheim and Esslingen-Weil. The biggest farm became Esslingen-Weil.
In 1818, the King had Giovanni Salucci (1769-1845, Salucci became architect of the royal court in 1815) built the Weil Mansion.
The famous horse racecourse was sold and split in garden plots and farming area after the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918. When Wilhelm II passed away in 1921, the farms were given to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, by marriage Princess of Wied, including both mansions in Scharnhausen and Wied.
The Princess was relatively successful but the economic situation after WWI, the Great Depression, made it very difficult to finance the royal farms. In 1932, the Princess was forced to cease operations.
The mansions of Scharnhausen and Weil, including the farm-areas were sold. Unfortunately, the city of Esslingen and neither the state of Baden-Württemberg did show (and are not showing) interest in saving the important history of the places and its remains.
After WWII, many private houses were built on the ground in Weil, even very close to the mansion. The former Royal Estates (residence in Scharnhausen and pavilion in Weil) are today in private hands and therefore not accessible to public. Without these private investors, probably nothing would have remained. The stables in Weil were broken down or were rebuilt to serve as cheap housing (e.g. accommodating asylum seekers). The stables in Scharnhausen have remained.
No information sign, no museum reminds of the importance the place in Esslingen-Weil once had, for Württemberg and the European horse breeding.
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The Royal Württemberg stud farm was founded in 1810 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the royal summer residence at Scharnhausen, the Scharnhausen mansion. The Arab horses were imported directly from Damascus, Syria with the help of Baron von Fechting and the Polish Count Rzewusky.
The stock quickly increased by 1816 and new farms were procured in 1817 in Kleinhohenheim and Esslingen-Weil. The biggest farm became Esslingen-Weil.
In 1818, the King had Giovanni Salucci (1769-1845, Salucci became architect of the royal court in 1815) built the Weil Mansion.
The famous horse racecourse was sold and split in garden plots and farming area after the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918. When Wilhelm II passed away in 1921, the farms were given to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, by marriage Princess of Wied, including both mansions in Scharnhausen and Wied.
The Princess was relatively successful but the economic situation after WWI, the Great Depression, made it very difficult to finance the royal farms. In 1932, the Princess was forced to cease operations.
The mansions of Scharnhausen and Weil, including the farm-areas were sold. Unfortunately, the city of Esslingen and neither the state of Baden-Württemberg did show (and are not showing) interest in saving the important history of the places and its remains.
After WWII, many private houses were built on the ground in Weil, even very close to the mansion. The former Royal Estates (residence in Scharnhausen and pavilion in Weil) are today in private hands and therefore not accessible to public. Without these private investors, probably nothing would have remained. The stables in Weil were broken down or were rebuilt to serve as cheap housing (e.g. accommodating asylum seekers). The stables in Scharnhausen have remained.
No information sign, no museum reminds of the importance the place in Esslingen-Weil once had, for Württemberg and the European horse breeding.
Tags: Germany Deutschland Baden-Württemberg Württemberg Kreis Esslingen city Stadt Weil landscape Landschaft trees Bäume royal königlich pavillion mansion Schloss building Gebäude house Haus garden Garten
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The Royal Württemberg stud farm was founded in 1810 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the royal summer residence at Scharnhausen, the Scharnhausen mansion. The Arab horses were imported directly from Damascus, Syria with the help of Baron von Fechting and the Polish Count Rzewusky.
The stock quickly increased by 1816 and new farms were procured in 1817 in Kleinhohenheim and Esslingen-Weil. The biggest farm became Esslingen-Weil.
In 1818, the King had Giovanni Salucci (1769-1845, Salucci became architect of the royal court in 1815) built the Weil Mansion.
The famous horse racecourse was sold and split in garden plots and farming area after the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918. When Wilhelm II passed away in 1921, the farms were given to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, by marriage Princess of Wied, including both mansions in Scharnhausen and Wied.
The Princess was relatively successful but the economic situation after WWI, the Great Depression, made it very difficult to finance the royal farms. In 1932, the Princess was forced to cease operations.
The mansions of Scharnhausen and Weil, including the farm-areas were sold. Unfortunately, the city of Esslingen and neither the state of Baden-Württemberg did show (and are not showing) interest in saving the important history of the places and its remains.
After WWII, many private houses were built on the ground in Weil, even very close to the mansion. The former Royal Estates (residence in Scharnhausen and pavilion in Weil) are today in private hands and therefore not accessible to public. Without these private investors, probably nothing would have remained. The stables in Weil were broken down or were rebuilt to serve as cheap housing (e.g. accommodating asylum seekers). The stables in Scharnhausen have remained.
No information sign, no museum reminds of the importance the place in Esslingen-Weil once had, for Württemberg and the European horse breeding.
Tags: Germany Deutschland Baden-Württemberg Württemberg Kreis Esslingen city Stadt Weil landscape Landschaft trees Bäume royal königlich pavillion mansion Schloss building Gebäude house Haus garden Garten
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The Royal Württemberg stud farm was founded in 1810 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the royal summer residence at Scharnhausen, the Scharnhausen mansion. The Arab horses were imported directly from Damascus, Syria with the help of Baron von Fechting and the Polish Count Rzewusky.
The stock quickly increased by 1816 and new farms were procured in 1817 in Kleinhohenheim and Esslingen-Weil. The biggest farm became Esslingen-Weil.
In 1818, the King had Giovanni Salucci (1769-1845, Salucci became architect of the royal court in 1815) built the Weil Mansion.
The famous horse racecourse was sold and split in garden plots and farming area after the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918. When Wilhelm II passed away in 1921, the farms were given to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, by marriage Princess of Wied, including both mansions in Scharnhausen and Wied.
The Princess was relatively successful but the economic situation after WWI, the Great Depression, made it very difficult to finance the royal farms. In 1932, the Princess was forced to cease operations.
The mansions of Scharnhausen and Weil, including the farm-areas were sold. Unfortunately, the city of Esslingen and neither the state of Baden-Württemberg did show (and are not showing) interest in saving the important history of the places and its remains.
After WWII, many private houses were built on the ground in Weil, even very close to the mansion. The former Royal Estates (residence in Scharnhausen and pavilion in Weil) are today in private hands and therefore not accessible to public. Without these private investors, probably nothing would have remained. The stables in Weil were broken down or were rebuilt to serve as cheap housing (e.g. accommodating asylum seekers). The stables in Scharnhausen have remained.
No information sign, no museum reminds of the importance the place in Esslingen-Weil once had, for Württemberg and the European horse breeding.
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