Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Land of Enchanting Castles

It's official, we visited our first castle since moving to Germany. Schloss Burg an der Wupper was just a short 30 minute drive north of us.  We had the castle all to ourselves...with the exception of a school group that hummed in the background.
Schloss Burg began sometime in the 12th century as a hunting castle. In it's history it was abandoned, used to hold prisoners, and used for ceremonial events. The castle was destroyed in 1648 after the Thirty Years War.  Then in 1700 they began to rebuild it but unfortunately by 1849 it was in decay. Again it was rebuilt, this time taking 24 years, and just six years after being completed it was mostly destroyed in a fire. The last reconstruction was completed in 1924 and today the castle looks the way it did in 1715.  Walking through a place such as this takes one back in time; to knights, queens and code of arms.
I'm sure there will be many more castles in the months and years to come.












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