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===Other sights=== Another building from the regency of Duke Wilhelm is the Luisenplatz, a square named for the Duke's first wife. It is surrounded by [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassicist]] buildings, and in the middle of the square is the [[Waterloo Battle|Waterloo]] [[Obelisk]], commemorating the 683 Nassauers who died on 18 June 1815 near [[Hougoumont]] Farm in the respective battle against [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]].<ref>The Duchy of Nassau participated with two regiments of total 6180 men infantry, about half came under fire and mainly 2nd rgt. 1st battalion in the defense of the fortified [[Hougoumont Farm]]. The duke issued a medal to all surviving participants in 1816. https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/231159/{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Apart from the palace in the center, the ducal family had a large palace on the banks of the Rhine, known as [[Schloss Biebrich]]. This [[baroque architecture|baroque building]] was erected in the first half of the 18th century. North of the city is the [[Neroberg]]. From the top of this hill it is possible to view a panorama of the city. The [[Nerobergbahn]] [[funicular|funicular railway]] connects the city with the hill. South of it, the [[Nerotalanlagen]] are a park along a creek, created in 1897/98 as an [[English landscape garden]]. One of the three Hessian state museums, [[Museum Wiesbaden]] is located in Wiesbaden. Other churches are the [[Bergkirche, Wiesbaden|Bergkirche]], completed in 1879 in Gothic Revival style, and the [[Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden|Lutherkirche]], finished in 1910 in [[Jugendstil]]. The church [[Mariä Heimsuchung, Wiesbaden|Mariä Heimsuchung]] is a tall concrete landmark in the Kohlheck suburb. Oriental Christianity is also represented with the St. Isaiah [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] on the Willi-Juppe-Straße in Dotzheim, built in 2016 by [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]. The Warmer Damm park is a 4.5-hectare park on the east side of Wilhelmstrasse and south of the State theater and Kurhaus which features a lake, a fountain, various statues, and large grassy areas. The park was created in 1859–1860 and is named after the medieval fortifications around a pond into which the warm waters of the town's 26 warm springs flowed.<ref>{{cite book |title= Wiesbaden: For Old Friends and New|last= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|year= 2011|publisher= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|isbn= 978-3-89889-167-7|pages= 14–15}}</ref>
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