german Houses: The Grand Ducal House of Hesse and by Rhine
The Grand Ducal House of Hesse and by Rhine House of Lorraine-Brabant After the death of Landgrave Philipp in on 31.03.1567 the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided among his four sons. His fourth son Georg 1/8 part of part of the lands the upper county of Katzenelnbogen around Darmstadt. Therefore he became Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. He took over the power in Darmstadt on 15.01.1567. Determined Georg began to make out of the farming town of Darmstadt , a residence n city. The castle was extended and fortified with a moat and bastions. Armory and stables , and a new building for the government agencies where created in the castle. For the princely representation also the extended castle garden was created north of the castle. 1572-1580 a farmhouse was rebuld into the hunting Castle Kranichstein. Georg's father was in 1524 converted to the Lutheran doctrine and put this reformation in his country by county . Spiritual subje...