Background
Simon Henry was the eldest son of Count Herman Adolph of Lippe-Detmold and his first wife Countess Ernestine of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. In 1665, he became co-ruler with his father. In 1666, his father died and Simon Henry inherited Lippe-Detmold.
Between 1683 and 1685, he replaced the Jagdschloss his father had built near today"s Augustdorf by a series of buildings arranged symmetrically around a Cour d"honneur.
Career
The complex was designed in a Palladian classicist style. The sober main building had two floors and a mezzanine and was flanked by single-story stables arranged symmetrically around a cour d"honeur. The stables housed a stud farm dating back to the 16th century.
The complex was set on fire on 11 July 1945 by prisoners of war, and was demolished in 1947.
Simon Henry died on 2 May 1697 in Detmold. His widow retreated to Varenholz Castle, where she died on 11 March 1700.
