English castle in Bavaria. Kranzbach Castle was built for a lady from London, the Honourable Mary Isabel Portman. In 1913, at the age of 36, this wealthy English aristocrat, known as a beautiful, self-confident and independent woman, signed the purchase contract for the Kranzbach meadow near Garmisch. At this time, Mary Portman was studying music in Leipzig, Germany, practicing with her own Stradivari violin. She called numerous famous musicians her friends. Detmar Blow and Ferdinand Billerey, two well-known English architects, provided the drawings for the Kranzbach manor. It is the only building of this kind in Germany. Today the castle serves as a hotel. Since it is located less than a mile away from Elmau Palace, the site of the 41st G7 Summit in 2015, it most likely will house some of the journalists attending the summit.

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