 In the meanwhile, she lived openly with the Baron of Rackmann, who was fifteen years her junior.Thanks to her intervention, he was raised to the rank of Imperial Count and Baron of Bangert.Probably to be near her son (who had been placed in the care of a banker's family), Henriette Amalie acquired a large house in Bockenheim, later named the "Villa Passavant," then built the former Franck-school and finally the current Saint Elisabeth's hospital.