Wilhelmina Busch, born in 1884 No. 1 Busch Place in St. Louis. She lived in Germany for her last 40 years. She first married Eduard Scharrer from Stuttgart. The Busch-Scharrer married enjoyed great social standing. After August Scharrer died suddenly in 1932, Wilhelmina Busch married her doctor, Carl Borchard, in 1933.
Her great dream of erecting a castle on the site was fulfilled in 1937. In February 1938, Richtfest was celebrated and in the summer of 1939, shortly before the beginning of the war, the castle was finished with 60 rooms. In 1939, she divorced her husband Borchard. Wilhelmina Busch moved her residence to Switzerland, but kept her German passport.
The castle was confiscated in 1943. For two years an orthopedic clinic was quartered here for the first time.
Shortly before the end of the war, Frau Busch succeeded in evacuating the Swiss embassies and the Geneva Red Cross to Höhenried, so that the entire property was protected from destruction. With warfare the Americans seized Höhenried and left it in March 1946.
Wilhelmina Busch herself returned to Höhenried for the first time in autumn 1946 and married the American consul general Samuel Woods in 1948, whom she had met in Switzerland in 1942. Due to the professional position of Sam Woods, significant political and social events took place in Höhenried.
In the following years, Busch-Woods had the park around 600,000 square meters redesigned according to her plans, and the Mississippi ponds and an enclosure with white fallow deer were built up. In addition, the Busch-Woods family donated the Bernried National Park in 1950, an area of about 80 hectares, the site of which can not be altered. From the year 1952, this park was also released for Höhenried.
Wilhelmina Busch-Woods died of a heart disease and heart surgery in 1952 in Munich. She was buried at Wilhelminen-Platz in Höhenrieder Park. Her husband, Sam Woods, died shortly afterwards surprisingly in 1953, also he was buried in Höhenried. On the coffins stands the saying: "Love never ends".
Her great dream of erecting a castle on the site was fulfilled in 1937. In February 1938, Richtfest was celebrated and in the summer of 1939, shortly before the beginning of the war, the castle was finished with 60 rooms. In 1939, she divorced her husband Borchard. Wilhelmina Busch moved her residence to Switzerland, but kept her German passport.
The castle was confiscated in 1943. For two years an orthopedic clinic was quartered here for the first time.
Shortly before the end of the war, Frau Busch succeeded in evacuating the Swiss embassies and the Geneva Red Cross to Höhenried, so that the entire property was protected from destruction. With warfare the Americans seized Höhenried and left it in March 1946.
Wilhelmina Busch herself returned to Höhenried for the first time in autumn 1946 and married the American consul general Samuel Woods in 1948, whom she had met in Switzerland in 1942. Due to the professional position of Sam Woods, significant political and social events took place in Höhenried.
In the following years, Busch-Woods had the park around 600,000 square meters redesigned according to her plans, and the Mississippi ponds and an enclosure with white fallow deer were built up. In addition, the Busch-Woods family donated the Bernried National Park in 1950, an area of about 80 hectares, the site of which can not be altered. From the year 1952, this park was also released for Höhenried.
Wilhelmina Busch-Woods died of a heart disease and heart surgery in 1952 in Munich. She was buried at Wilhelminen-Platz in Höhenrieder Park. Her husband, Sam Woods, died shortly afterwards surprisingly in 1953, also he was buried in Höhenried. On the coffins stands the saying: "Love never ends".
Wilhelmina Busch, born in 1884 No. 1 Busch Place in St. Louis. She lived in Germany for her last 40 years. She first married Eduard Scharrer from Stuttgart. The Busch-Scharrer married enjoyed great social standing. After August Scharrer died suddenly in 1932, Wilhelmina Busch married her doctor, Carl Borchard, in 1933.
Her great dream of erecting a castle on the site was fulfilled in 1937. In February 1938, Richtfest was celebrated and in the summer of 1939, shortly before the beginning of the war, the castle was finished with 60 rooms. In 1939, she divorced her husband Borchard. Wilhelmina Busch moved her residence to Switzerland, but kept her German passport.
The castle was confiscated in 1943. For two years an orthopedic clinic was quartered here for the first time.
Shortly before the end of the war, Frau Busch succeeded in evacuating the Swiss embassies and the Geneva Red Cross to Höhenried, so that the entire property was protected from destruction. With warfare the Americans seized Höhenried and left it in March 1946.
Wilhelmina Busch herself returned to Höhenried for the first time in autumn 1946 and married the American consul general Samuel Woods in 1948, whom she had met in Switzerland in 1942. Due to the professional position of Sam Woods, significant political and social events took place in Höhenried.
In the following years, Busch-Woods had the park around 600,000 square meters redesigned according to her plans, and the Mississippi ponds and an enclosure with white fallow deer were built up. In addition, the Busch-Woods family donated the Bernried National Park in 1950, an area of about 80 hectares, the site of which can not be altered. From the year 1952, this park was also released for Höhenried.
Wilhelmina Busch-Woods died of a heart disease and heart surgery in 1952 in Munich. She was buried at Wilhelminen-Platz in Höhenrieder Park. Her husband, Sam Woods, died shortly afterwards surprisingly in 1953, also he was buried in Höhenried. On the coffins stands the saying: "Love never ends".
Her great dream of erecting a castle on the site was fulfilled in 1937. In February 1938, Richtfest was celebrated and in the summer of 1939, shortly before the beginning of the war, the castle was finished with 60 rooms. In 1939, she divorced her husband Borchard. Wilhelmina Busch moved her residence to Switzerland, but kept her German passport.
The castle was confiscated in 1943. For two years an orthopedic clinic was quartered here for the first time.
Shortly before the end of the war, Frau Busch succeeded in evacuating the Swiss embassies and the Geneva Red Cross to Höhenried, so that the entire property was protected from destruction. With warfare the Americans seized Höhenried and left it in March 1946.
Wilhelmina Busch herself returned to Höhenried for the first time in autumn 1946 and married the American consul general Samuel Woods in 1948, whom she had met in Switzerland in 1942. Due to the professional position of Sam Woods, significant political and social events took place in Höhenried.
In the following years, Busch-Woods had the park around 600,000 square meters redesigned according to her plans, and the Mississippi ponds and an enclosure with white fallow deer were built up. In addition, the Busch-Woods family donated the Bernried National Park in 1950, an area of about 80 hectares, the site of which can not be altered. From the year 1952, this park was also released for Höhenried.
Wilhelmina Busch-Woods died of a heart disease and heart surgery in 1952 in Munich. She was buried at Wilhelminen-Platz in Höhenrieder Park. Her husband, Sam Woods, died shortly afterwards surprisingly in 1953, also he was buried in Höhenried. On the coffins stands the saying: "Love never ends".
Inscription
Buried on Lake Starnberg, in the park of Schloss Höhenried. Marble sarcophagus of Wilhelmine Busch-Woods, the builder of the castle, and her husband Sam Edison Woods on a plateau above the shores of Lake Starnberg. They carry the inscription: "Love never ends".
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