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Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe: Fire! Cafe Lilly’s burned down

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Bückeburg (Lower Saxony) – In the middle of Saturday night, at 3 a.m., the alarm went off in the Bückeburg, Cammer and Röcke fire departments. in the former Castle Park Cafe “Lilly’s” caught fire!

The complex fire-fighting operation with turntable ladders and respiratory protection quickly begins.

After that it is clear: The leased restaurant, which is still managed by Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe, was so badly damaged by the fire that it is currently unusable.

The good news: no one was injured!

The Prince at Bückeburg Castle

Photo: JENS SCHOLZ

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Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe (ex-husband of Lilly Sayn Wittgenstein) is shocked and deeply affected.

On Facebook he posts: “It’s also a personal loss for me: in 1997, I put my heart and soul into building this once very successful restaurant with Schaumburg’s largest beer garden.”

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The prince continues: “The opening concert with Inga Rumpf and the Joha Wendt Quartet remained an absolute highlight of Bückeburg’s cultural life. A number of European and world football championships drew hundreds to the beer garden and turned into happy parties. Will it all be just a memory now? And: Was it arson?”

According to initial findings, food for an upcoming event was said to have been cooked in the kitchen of the leased building on Friday evening.

The police cordoned off the scene of the fire. The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing. There is currently no information about the extent of the damage.

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Source: Asia Times

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