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Alexis Prince of Hesse is the heir to a castle, a so-called hereditary prince. After studying art history in Berlin, he moved back to Augustenau Castle in Herleshausen on the border between Hesse and Thuringia. When the 34-year-old takes over his inheritance, he will have a lot to manage, including Augustenau Castle, Augustenburg Castle in Praunheim and other properties, including 900 hectares of forest. The nobleman also wants to set up a museum together with the mayor of Herleshausen to commemorate the division of Germany. Until 1989, Herleshausen was an important border crossing between the Federal Republic and the GDR.