Show L- L FAMOUS iOUS GERMAN CASTLE ASTLE I MADE INTO RESTAURANT RESTA Mansion Once a Favorite With Prussian Kings Potsdam One One of oZ Prussia's finest mansions Castle Marquardt t near Potsdam Is the latest victim of the economic crisis crisEs In its heyday it was the tho favorite sojourn of PrussIan Prussian Pros Pros- sian kings haunted by a ghost which historians now believe to hav been a faked one Castle Marquardt Mar will wIIl be turned Into a restaurant rant and weck weekend week end hotel botel because its present owner a n German industrial industrial- 1st cannot afford Its upkeep Castle history goes back to the Fifteenth c century when It was owned b by the Baron BaronS Zabel von Yon In the following centuries cen tunes it frequently changed hands bands cm In Ii 1793 Castle Marquardt came Into the possession of ot its most famous famous fa fa- fa owner Gen Genon von on der er the declared favorite of Kin King Frederick William II fl of Prussia It was then that the tLe ghost made Its first appearance appearance-a a a ghost which was to play a prominent nt role in l Prussian history The ghostly apparition was first seen or rather heard In a n small Blue stone building the so called grotto adjoining Castle Marquardt Hidden Bidden away among thick shrubbery In the beautiful Eighteenth century park the Interior was laid out with azure stones The grotto received its only light from a costly cr crystal stal chandelier which together with the blue of the azure stones produced mystic and beautiful color effects II It was Into this setting that Gen von used to lead the romantically Inclined Prussian kingto king to attend ghostly midnight sessions As soon as the king entered the grotto m mysterious orr stage off e music could be heard apparently coming from nowhere When the ghostly tunes had subsided the king would Invariably address the ghost asking him how best to rule tho the country As If by magic an Invisible voice would er ans answer in muffled whispers More often than not the 1 king Icing would follow rollow the apparently heaven sent counsel It was not long after the generals general's generals gener gener- als al's death that Castle M Marquardt's pet ghost host was Vas unmasked ked It was found Cound that the tho Blue mue grotto grott scene of the ghostly sessions l had ad double walls behind which a man manof of flesh and blood could coul comfortably hide bide playa pIny a harp and answer any questions questions ques ques- put to him Thus with the tho aid of a plotter co-plotter the tho crafty general general gen gen- eral f for r a n while ruled the destinies of Prussia Prula After changing hands several times Castle Marquardt was finally bought by Dr Peter Louis Ravene descendant of l an un n old French Protestant Protestant Protestant Prot Prot- family which fled to Germany Germany Ger Ger Ger- many In Inthe the days of the wars war of l' l re religion re ligion and received cd the special pr prot pro protection pro pro- t of the thc Prussian king The present day day It Ravene enc is a leading lending in lri- Hard Bard times are arc forcing him now to let lel the historic mansion to a n British wine in merchant who is turning it Into IriM a n r restaurant for Berlins Berlin's Berun's Ber Der- Uns Un's w week elc Another German palace that of Count Hermann Griebenow in Berlin Berlin Berun Ber Ber- lin un has bas closed Its gates and the luxurious l building In rococo st style le will be sold at auction In prewar lays days Count G le now with a a n year fear yearly car carly ly Iy Income of 2 OOOO was one of the richest men In Germany War inflation nn arid aId the cr crisis ate away the tile Griebenow w fortu fortune |