Carinhall
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Carinhall was the country residence of Hermann Göring
, built on a large hunting estate northeast of Berlin
in the Schorfheide
forest between the Großdöllner See and the Wuckersee in the north of Brandenburg
.
Named in honour of his Swedish first wife Carin Göring
(1888–1931), it was constructed in stages from 1933 on a large scale, but in the manner of a hunting lodge. The main architect was Werner March
, designer of the Olympic stadium in Berlin.
On 10 April 1935 Carinhall was the venue for Göring's wedding banquet with his second wife, Emmy Sonnemann
.
Carinhall became the destination for many of the art treasures that Göring looted from across the Reich (see Nazi plunder
).
), in the Rominten Heath (now Romincka Forest
), was known as "Emmyhall" after his second wife.
.
Only the monumental entrance gates, a few foundation structures, and decorative stones remain from the building. A bronze statue by Franz von Stuck, Kämpfende Amazone (1897), once at Carinhall, is now at Eberswalde
.
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring, was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. He was a veteran of World War I as an ace fighter pilot, and a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as "The Blue Max"...
, built on a large hunting estate northeast of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
in the Schorfheide
Schorfheide
Schorfheide is a municipality in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany. It was established in 2003 by the merger of Finowfurt and Groß Schönebeck.-Overview:...
forest between the Großdöllner See and the Wuckersee in the north of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
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Named in honour of his Swedish first wife Carin Göring
Carin Göring
Carin Axelina Hulda Göring was the Swedish first wife of Hermann Göring.She was born Carin Fock in Stockholm in 1888. Her father Commander Baron Carl Fock was a Swedish Army colonel, from a family who had immigrated from Westphalia. Her mother, Huldine Fock Carin Axelina Hulda Göring (21 October...
(1888–1931), it was constructed in stages from 1933 on a large scale, but in the manner of a hunting lodge. The main architect was Werner March
Werner March
Werner Julius March was a German architect.He was born in Charlottenburg and died in Berlin.For the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, March created his most famous work, Berlin's Olympic Stadium...
, designer of the Olympic stadium in Berlin.
On 10 April 1935 Carinhall was the venue for Göring's wedding banquet with his second wife, Emmy Sonnemann
Emmy Sonnemann
Emma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring was a German actress and the second wife of Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring...
.
Carinhall became the destination for many of the art treasures that Göring looted from across the Reich (see Nazi plunder
Nazi plunder
Nazi plunder refers to art theft and other items stolen as a result of the organized looting of European countries during the time of the Third Reich by agents acting on behalf of the ruling Nazi Party of Germany. Plundering occurred from 1933 until the end of World War II, particularly by military...
).
Emmyhall
The Reichsjägerhof, Göring's smaller hunting lodge at Rominten in East Prussia (now KrasnolesyeKrasnolesye
Krasnolesye is a settlement in Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Krasnaya River close to the border with Poland, in the north of the Romincka Forest. East of Krasnolesye lies Lake Vistytis....
), in the Rominten Heath (now Romincka Forest
Romincka Forest
Romincka Forest or Krasny Les , a palaearctic ecoregion in the Taiga and boreal forests Biome, is located in Russia and Poland....
), was known as "Emmyhall" after his second wife.
Fate
To prevent it from falling into the hands of the advancing Red Army Carinhall was dynamited on 28 April 1945 at Göring's orders by a Luftwaffe demolition squad. The art treasures were evacuated beforehand to BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. It is located in the south district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, near the border with Austria, some 30 km south of Salzburg and 180 km southeast of Munich...
.
Only the monumental entrance gates, a few foundation structures, and decorative stones remain from the building. A bronze statue by Franz von Stuck, Kämpfende Amazone (1897), once at Carinhall, is now at Eberswalde
Eberswalde
Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 , geographical location . The town is often called Waldstadt , because of the large forests around it, including the...
.
Legacy of Carinhall
In 1999 new interest was sparked by the book Görings Reich: Selbstinszenierungen in Carinhall which saw treasure hunters drawn to the ruins, and concerns raised about the site becoming a neo-Nazi "shrine".Sources
- Roger Manvell - Der Reichsmarschall. 1983. ISBN 3-8118-4370-2
- Leonard Mosley - The Reich Marshal: A Biography of Hermann Goering. 1975. ISBN 3-420-04727-4