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

Post image
47.9k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

8

u/DuckieGoneQuackers 20h ago

So it's click bait then. Using a vague term that covers multiple style of structures instead of one specific type that the rest the world considers a castle.

3

u/dthdthdthdthdthdth 20h ago

All of these would be considered a castle in some context elsewhere as well. There just isn't a strict definition. Most castles were small and belonged to some minor noble men, the development of defensive castles to palaces was gradually, some were build to look defensive but weren't, some ruins are still very impressive, some barely recognizable. There isn't a hard line anywhere and there isn't in the rest of the world either.

1

u/Jazzlike-_-Growth 20h ago

Not really. It's the German definition.
And it is vague, because all the buildings themselves are often vague.

And we're not the only ones.
It's pretty much identical to the French Château.

For example:
The Château de Versailles
The Château de Roquetaillade
And the Château Cheval Blanc

1

u/Technical-Mix-981 19h ago

the definition of a castle is not by any means specific. specially in countries like Spain,france,Italy or Germany. with 2000 years of construction of different buildings for protection. I would like to know your definition of a castle.