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/see5maus 21h ago

I actually lived in one of the villages right below this castle and my school was right beside another castle a few villages away. One of my friends also works at yet another castle close by.

The yearly canon-salutes were so impressive that our school cancled all our lessons that afternoon so we could go watch it.

And on top of my head I know of close to 15 other castles there and in my current city, yea, there are a few.

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u/Breokz 21h ago

I went there last month. Their cannoneer unfortunatly died because of COVID. Ever since they don't have anyone who is able to maintain the cannons. They are hiring, if anyone is interested.

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u/see5maus 21h ago

Since it has been years since I last visited, I didnt know that. Thats actually really sad, it was one of the coolest things I saw as a child. We could see the cannons from some of our classrooms.

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u/makenmodify 14h ago

Hehe greetings from the neighborhood (the town with lidl and norma) 😅

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u/see5maus 9h ago

Haha such a small world, greetings back! That I know which town it is after close to 15 years of moving away from this area is impressive