Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Damen- und Herrenbau

English translation:

gentlemen\'s wing and ladies\' wing

Added to glossary by Olav Rixen
Feb 22, 2012 21:15
12 yrs ago
German term

Damen- und Herrenbau

German to English Other Architecture
.... stehen dem Besucher derzeit wesentliche Bereiche der teils möblierten, teils museal eingerichteten fürstlichen Wohnräume im **Damen- und Herrenbau** offen.

From a description of Löwenburg castle.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +8 gentlemen's wing and ladies' wing

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gentlemen's wing and ladies' wing

Wilhelm hatte zahlreiche Mätressen, mit der 24 Jahre jüngeren Karoline von
Schlotheim genoss er seit 1787 seine letzte und längste Liaison. Alleine mit ihr
hatte der Landgraf sechs überlebende Kinder. Für sie wurde der Damenbau auf der
Löwenburg erweitert und eingerichtet.

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e.g. ALBERTINA - The Venue
albertina.at/en/meetings__events/the venue
The staterooms are divided into two suites of rooms: the Gentlemen's Wing on the Hofburg side of the palace, and the Ladies' Wing on the Vienna State Opera ...

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I think this would work ... and you could capitalize, as in "Gentlemen's Wing" and "Ladies' Wing"

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and "Bachelor's Wing" as analternative to "Gentelmen's Wing"

stokesaycourt.com/site/index.php/history-of-stokesay-courtThe house is laid out around a central block with three wings: a bachelors' or Gentlemen's wing, a ladies wing at the opposite end, and a service wing.

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should read "Gentlemen's" of course

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and here's an English language site on Löwenburg castle with specific refence to the Ladies' Wing:

http://ex-mihaela.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowenburg-castle-in-k...


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ex-mihaela.blogspot.com/2011/06/lowenburg-castle-in-kassel.html

Today scholars regard Löwenburg Castle ruins as one of the most significant buildings of ..... Others, like the Pearl Tapestry Room in the ladies' wing, have been ...
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