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2 unusual facts about Rominten Hunting Lodge


Rominten Hunting Lodge

Wilheim II spent several weeks each fall at Rominten and at his other retreats in Prökelwitz and Hubertusstock.

The building was constructed by Norwegian workers in an uncommon Norwegian Dragestil style, according to plans drawn up by Holm Hansen Munthe and Ole Sverre.


Holm Hansen Munthe

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, vacationing in Norway, noticed these buildings and commissioned the erection of his Rominten Hunting Lodge in East Prussia; however these buildings were largely destroyed after World War II, remnants of the Lodge are used as the seat of the administration at the Kaliningrad Central Park.


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