Koenigstein im Taunus

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Hotel Villa Rothschild © Karsten11

Hotel Villa Rothschild © Karsten11

Königstein im Taunus is a climatic spa and lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the Taunus in Hesse. Owing to its advantageous location for both scenery and transport on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Königstein is a favourite residential town, near Frankfurt.

Königstein has an extraordinarily high level of purchasing power . In 2010, their purchasing power index was of 191 percent (compared to the national average of 100 percent) and with that the highest in Germany.

The Ritter von Königstein (“Knights of Königstein”) have committed themselves to the Middle Ages and since 1998 have been staging a yearly Knights’ Tournament with a mediaeval market at Königstein’s picturesque castle ruins. The local young people who do this are supported in this endeavour by the club Stadtwache e.V. (“Town Watch”).

View from Königstein castle ruins over the town © flickr.com - Brion Vibber/cc-by-sa-2.0 Downtown Koenigstein © Bramans/cc-by-3.0 Villa Andreae © Jens Frank/cc-by-sa-3.0 © Bramans/cc-by-sa-3.0 Hotel Kempinski in Königstein-Falkenstein © Dietmar Giljohann/cc-by-sa-3.0 Hotel Villa Rothschild © Karsten11
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View from Königstein castle ruins over the town © flickr.com - Brion Vibber/cc-by-sa-2.0
Besides the town’s landmark, the Königstein Castle ruins, other buildings are worth seeing, such as the historic Old Town with its Old Town Hall, and Falkenstein Castle, and the Old Town also found there. Also of interest is the Villa Andreae, located at the top of a small wodded hill. Built in 1891 by Frankfurt Banker Albert Andreae de Neufville, it was transformed into a boarding school in the post-war years (1957–1987). Thoroughly restored, it became famous as Jürgen Schneider’s headquarters from 1987 until his multi-billion-Deutsche-Mark bankruptcy in 1994.

Architecturally important in its time was the Haus der Begegnung (“Meeting House”) built in the 1950s. Controversial at the time, in 1977 when the baths were being built, was the blue-orange colour scheme.

At the foot of the Burgberg (“Castle Mountain”), surrounded by a park through which flows the Woogbach and adjoining which is the Woogbach Valley is found Saint Angela’s Ursuline Convent (Ursulinenkloster St. Angela), founded in 1884, and owning a like-named state-recognized private school.

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