Long Ludwig Darmstadt

Long Ludwig figure

11/2006 Everyone in Darmstadt knows him - the long Ludwig, or in short, Lui. In the middle of Luisenplatz, one of the central squares in downtown Darmstadt, stands the long column. At its peak stands the former Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and the Rhine. He was a sponsor of the artists' colony at Mathildenhhe. He died in October 1937 and lies in the family grave at Rosenh he.