As a "field of experience for the development of the senses and thinking", this small castle and its extensive garden attract visitors to the western outskirts of the city. High above Wiesbaden and with a view of the Rhine, you can actually stimulate all your senses at over 100 stations. Whether you watch ice flowers grow in the cold chamber, drink a coffee or eat a snack in the dark room, walk along the barefoot path or crouch down in a singing bowl and feel the sounds all over your body: Schloss Freudenberg will enchant you on many levels.

And the house itself also has its very own vibration - perhaps because it was built as a place of love from the very beginning? A mysterious couple commissioned the construction of this villa at the beginning of the 20th century. He was the Scottish-born painter James Pitcairn-Knowles; she, known only as Yvonne, was the illegitimate daughter of Napoleon III and a lady-in-waiting. After various crises in their lives, both had actually intended to become a monk - or a nun - when they met, fell in love and then had Freudenberg Castle built - as a bastion of love to which they wanted to retreat. And where they also celebrated the odd lavish party.
However, their happiness as a couple only lasted a few years. After frequent changes of ownership, Schloss Freudenberg finally fell into disuse - until Beatrice Dastis Schenk and her husband Matthias fell in love with the place in the early 1990s. At the time, it was anything but charming, the house was run down and the garden was overgrown.

However, the Schenks spent years restoring Freudenberg Castle with a great deal of commitment and help from like-minded people. And transformed it into today's "Field of Experience". Katharina Schenk, daughter of the two founders, now runs Freudenberg Castle together with her husband and brother.

Address
Freudenbergstraße 224-226
65201 Wiesbaden