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/HotelRealistic6794 20h ago

Big if true

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u/DasturdlyBastard 16h ago

I used to know this chap Hans who lived in a castle in Germany. This thread is making me think the guy might have been German.

Geeezus, my mind is fuckin blown right now.....Hans was German? Wow....I thought he was Chinese, for God's sake.

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u/dachfuerst 13h ago

Do you mean Hans von Schnitzelkastenmeyer? The famous German Castle-owner?

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u/DasturdlyBastard 10h ago

No I meant Hans Che Chi Wongdenstein, the famous purveyor of Chinese strudel.