r/interestingasfuck • u/The_Love-Tap • 22h ago

Germany has more castles than the United States has McDonald’s. This is the Eltz castle, located in Wiershem. It has been owned and occupied by the same family for 33 generations over 800 years

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u/fondledbydolphins 21h ago

I wish John Dunsworth (Jim Lahey from Trailer Park Boys) got to live in a castle.

Towards the end of his life he lived on the coast, slowly rebuilding and reinforcing masonry structures. Seems like he would have had a lot of fun fixing up a castle he got to live in.

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u/canucklehead200 20h ago

Some of the best YouTube videos I've ever seen were of him building. What a kind soul he was