The much-awaited German series Maxton Hall was released on Amazon Prime Video on May 9, 2024. Ever since Maxton Hall's OTT release, fans have been going gaga over the starcast and the plot of the romantic college drama on social media. Maxton Hall, the six-part series is directed by Martin Schreier and Tarek Roehlinger. Maxton Hall is a collage romance drama adapted from the Mona Kasten book Save Me. Available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Maxton Hall features Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby Bell, Damian Hardung as James Beaufort, Sonja Weiber as Lydia Beaufort, Andrea Guo as Lin Wang, Justus Riesner as Alistair Ellington, Fedja van Huet as Mortimer Beaufort, Ben Felipe as Cyril Vega and more in the leading roles. While the series is not a true story, fans are in awe over brilliant architecture of Maxton Hall. Now, the question arises whether Maxton Hall is a real college in Germany or not or where is real life Maxton Hall?
The answer is no. Maxton Hall is a fictional college shown in the Amazon Prime Video series. True Scoop News tried to reverse the image search and found out that real-life Maxton Hall is Marienburg Castle located in Hannover, Germany. To be precise, the Amazon Prime Video series has been shot in Marienburg Castle. Marienburg Castle has been portrayed as Maxton Hall in the series starring Harriet Herbig-Matten, Damian Hardung, etc.
As per the information available, Marienburg Castle i.e. reel-life Maxton Hall is located 15 km northwest of Hildesheim, and around 30 kilometres south of Hannover, in the municipality of Pattensen, Hannover (Germany). Marienburg Castle was also a summer residence of the House of Welf whose flag (in the colours of yellow and white) flies on the main tower.
Talking about Maxton Hall's history, the castle was originally built between 1858 and 1867 as a birthday present by King George V of Hanover to his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Between 1714 and 1837 there had been virtually no royal court in Hannover as the House of Hannover had ruled the kingdoms of Hannover and Britain by personal union, and so the Castle was also built to serve as a suitable summer seat for the House of Hannover in Germany.
Pic of Marienburg Castle, Germany
Pic of Marienburg Castle, Germany
Library Inside Marienburg Castle