After saying goodbye to Pfarrer Erich Dorn bride and groom posed for the photographers for a while. After some encouragement from the press no less than two kisses of bride and groom followed (of course I didn't manage to photograph those). Cheered by a few of their guests bride and groom left.
After the wedding bride, groom and guests drove to the Castle Hotel Kronberg (Friedrichshof Castle) for the reception hosted by Landgrave Moritz von Hessen and Princess Tatiana von Hessen, parents of the groom. Friedrichshof Castle was built between 1889 and 1893 for Empress Victoria of Germany, widow of Emperor Friedrich III and eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Empress Victoria is also the great-great-grandmother of Prince Donatus von Hessen.
In the evening a dinner and ball took place, hosted by Landgrave Moritz von Hessen and Princess Tatiana von Hessen and the mother of the bride Countess Adelheid von Faber-Castell. The four-course dinner took place in the great dining-hall and existed among others of lobster on cucumber-carpaccio, fillet beef from Angus with morels, asparagus pie and potato-gratin. White wine of the vineyards of the Prinz von Hessen was served. After the dinner a ball took place in the great dining-hall and on the terrace of the castle. Until late at night the guests could party on a rich musical programme, among others a performance of the band 'Street Live' with a repertoire from jazz to funk.