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Between 1878 and 1882 the architect Georg Friedrich Fürstchen built the Villa Clementina for the Mainz industrialist Ernst Mayer. It was named after Mayer's wife Clementine, who however died shortly after the building was completed. The architect, who was 29 years old at the time, developed a u-shaped floor plan for a "grand villa" and gave the building a double façade towards Wilhelmstraße and Warmer Damm. Fürstchen gave the rooms in the ground floor, first floor, and second floor different ceiling heights to underscore their individual importance. The building is also characterized by unusual stucco ceilings, several wintergardens and terraces, as well as black marble steps on the staircase.

The story of the "Wiesbaden Prince Kidnapping," the Villa Clementine became known around the world in 1888: Queen Natalie of Serbia leased the villa for herself and her son, Crown Prince Alexander, after she had left her husband, King Milan Obrenowitsch. However, he discovered where she was staying and issued instructions to have his son returned to Bucharest. For nearly six years the Villa Clementine has been the home of the Wiesbaden Literature House.