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/Immediate_Bug2362 20h ago

Stolzenfeld is beautiful but I also bring people to Eltz first. Just so archetypal

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u/Fitz911 20h ago

If there's a Burg in Germany it's Eltz.

Whenever I visit my partners parents we pass a road sign. There a village named on that sign, burg Eltz and another Burg. I don't remember the name. But I always feel sad for that Burg. I bet it's beautiful, too. But it's sitting next to the prototype.

The fact I don't remember it's name doesn't make it any better 😂

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u/Chemical_Pool3675 20h ago

It's probably because the way to Stolzenfels goes through a depressing suburb of Koblenz while the way to Eltz goes through a magical forest