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/LittleMsWhoops 21h ago

I actually think palace is a more accurate translation for Schloss, as in Buckingham Palace = Schloss Buckingham and on thr other hand Windsor Castle = Burg Windsor.

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u/DisorderedArray 20h ago

Yes, I think you're completely right. But for whatever reason, I've never heard anyone in Germany translate schloss to palace, except for my German wife, and only after years of me bitching about the lack of battlements and moats in all the schloss we have visited.

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u/Sh1n1ngM4n 20h ago

That’s probably because Germans speak English well, but often not well enough to differentiate the intricate nuances of medieval architecture- lol.

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u/jenioeoeoe 19h ago

Or maybe its also because we have the word Palast which means palace too. And not every Schloss is a Palast

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u/Myrialle 19h ago

Because palace gets translated to Palast, and a Palast is only one kind of Schloss. 

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u/SpunkyMcButtlove07 17h ago

A Palace is a "Palast" in german, though.

Burg = Defensive structure that might also be used as a place of residence.

Schloss = fancy "we live here"-castle, less defensive.

Palast = super duper fancy "we live here" big big house. Not a defensive structure.