Schloss Monbrillant

Monbrillant Palace was a royal pleasure palace in Hannover dating from the first half of the 18th century that no longer exists today. The building was erected between 1717 and 1720 on the Puttenser Berge and initially served the House of Welf as a guesthouse, before being used in the 19th century as a summer residence for dukes and kings. In 1857 the palace was demolished to make room for the new Welfenschloss. The building components were purchased by the Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein and reassembled in what is now the town of Georgsmarienhütte. There the building served as a residence for the works directors until 1924 and for a time as a middle school. In 1925 it was finally torn down when the ironworks expanded. Of the original structure, only sandstone blocks survive; they were built into the Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Church of the Sacred Heart) in Georgsmarienhütte in 1935 and are partly visible there without plaster.