European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 Seh Umbarg Castle left and Kronberg Are two stops on today tour near Kronberg Castle visit recalls jewel theft of Ingelheim who drowned herself when not allowed to marry beloved Hunts most famed member of the family was Julius who was the Bishop of founder and first Rector of Wurzburg University and the Duke of among his souvenirs Are a present from the pipe in the an other from the Czar of a shrunken head brought by a Friend from a visit to across from the parking lot at the Castle is the Schloss operated by Fritz specializes in fresh Fried Many of the Trout Are caught in the Castle its highly recon but better give him an hours notice so the Trout can be caught Many tour the and then returning time to sit Down to a Fine Back to we made a Quick visit to the Castle the old residence the Bishop of Mainz and More recently a museum and state it was battered severely during the both from bombing and artillery when is troops made a determined stand for the reconstruction work includes Only the which win be strengthened so the Valls will always As they Are outside Aschaffenbur on the Darm Stadt Highway n26 is Castle Schonbuch summer residence for the Bishops main surrounded by countless acres of wooded Small lakes and the grounds Are still a show the restaurant and pavilions Are still turning towards we drove under the on the Wiesbaden Highway but turned left after six j Kilometres at the marked Road for Kron after our we headed for Lim Burgon Thelan to finish today heading Down the Lahn we came across a Fine old Castle from the but gutted of an aquarium normally housed in the Castle has the Only cobra now in our last visit was at Castle Schaum 15 minutes from the Lahn River near the Village of j the ownership of the Castle has changed through the and you can almost Trace it in the part 1 is a Small portion old roman from the year and various wings of the Castle of m e s p e 1 b r u n outside j is mirrored in a tiny by George Learned staff correspondent photos by Horst Messerschmidt and Kurt Meier nestling in the Foothills of the Taurus mountains is Kronberg a Symbol of the mighty Hohenzollern later the scene of a sensational jewel and now a peaceful Allied officers and civilian just a few Miles West of the 80room by called Schloss built As a summer residence by Empress Vic Toria in 1830as a tribute to her late Hus band emperor Friedrich its architecture was developed along English Renaissance intermingled with German and italian like All Klaus Sohlaak puts on special shoes before entering Castle series ends for is weeks the stars and has publishing stories and pictures about German and austrian a few of the 219 castles mentioned have been grouped each week into on Day Casile the Castle tour series cml today although the excursion by our readers might continue until ice and Snow make lofty climbs in 1906 the Empress Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm ii died and left the Castle to her youngest daughter countess von the Princess and her family made the show place their summer Home until when the flight of Kaiser Bill lowered the Stock of the family in Ger then they moved to a Small cot Tage on the 250acre granddaughter of Queen Victoria of today in a Small Home a miss her secretan for Many works in the club today and will show visitors through the Many rooms which Are open to officers and three of the Large first floor rooms Are now club dining rooms while the Entrance Salon is a comfortable one of the bedrooms car Ries a Small sign saving Queen Victoria slept late in the army requisitioned the Castle As a Billet and less than seven months later the castles name was known around the world when charges were brought that wac capt Kathleen club and col Jack Durant of the Usset go had stolen More than Worth of Hesse fam ily jewels and the Case captured headlines for during which time capt Nash had mar ried she was sentenced to five years with dismissal from the service she was Laler released on court Durant was also dismissed and sentenced to 15 which he is still an exact value has never been placed on the those that Fig ured in the trial were appraised at the countess von Hessen insisted that More than Worth were still the jewels Are still in the hands of the government while Legal snarls Are cleared As to their owner but Kronberg int the Only Stop on today which we started just out Side at Castle Mespelt Brunn on a Little Side Road off n8 to about 10 Kilometres East of Aschaffenbur a Road will be found leading South to the but Castle that missed destruction in the 30 years it was hard to Art illustrated sign Marks the Way facing a miniature Mirror Lake that once part of the the Castle is owned by the present count Ingelheim Echter von according to the Castle is still haunted by the ghost of the White lady a countess