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Ducal Wedding at Coburg

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Recently the Heir to the Headship of the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hereditary Prince Hubertus married the american Investment Banker Kelly Rondestvedt. The festivities lasted for 3 days. Programm: 21.05: civil Wedding at Callenberg Castle 22.05: german-american Evening in a tent below Callenberg Castle 23.05: religious Wedding at the St. Moritz Church at noon followed by a reception at Ehrenburg Castle 23.05: Dinner at Callenberg Castle I travelled to Coburg on Thursday where i arrived in the early afternoon. There i meet with Gabi, Netty, Stig and Anuschka. A day later we where joined by Ulrike. We made a Visit to the street where dhe Office of the Ducal Administration is located, next to it is the House where Prince Andreas and his Family live. Short after we arrived there a Car drove by and inside was the bridal Couple who oaid a short Visit to the House but left soon. Only a few minutes later Prince Andreas came out of the Ducal Administration building and drove away. A

Babenhausen Castle

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In 1538 Anton Fugger acquired the since 1237 the existing Castle Babenhazusen and had it completely rebuilt from 1541. The present facade design was created in 1845 in the neo-gothic style. The complex of several buildings - including the Rechbergbbuilding, the New Castle, the west wing, which Chancellery and various farm buildings - are mainly grouped around two courtyards. The parish church of St. Andrew is directly added to the castle. The Fugger-Museum which was founded by Fürst leopold in the 1880's and was until the Second World War in the Fuggerhaus at Augsburg was reopened in 1955 lin the West Wing and parts of the New Castle. It displays exhibits from over 500 years of family and company history of the Fugger Family . The parish Church St. Andreas