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/allnamestaken1968 21h ago

My home is my castle so it’s included

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u/TA_Lax8 21h ago

actually, a bunch of homes "fortified" with merely a fence were included in the count

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music 21h ago

My house has concepts of a fence, so it counts too.

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u/cjwi 21h ago

My home is my McDonald's so I'm counting that too