And here we have Part 2 of German Castles. My impression is Part 1 last week was quite well received. Enjoy this selection! My current thinking is to do a classic architecture one week and modern architecture another. A little architectural history and a little inovation.
Lichtenstein Castle
Gothic Revival
Architect Carl Alexander Heideloff
Fairy Tale Castle
1842
0
Marienburg Castle
Also in the Neo-Gothic style
1867
Marksburg Castle
More about protection than residence
Butter-Churn Tower
1117
Mespelbrunn Castle
Late Medieval / Early Renaissance
1569
It’s sheltered location means it was not damaged by war.
Moritzburg Castle
Baroque Style
1546
Neuschwanstein Castle
Inspired Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty’s Castle
Romanesque Revival
1886
Nordkirchen Palace
Known as Versailles of Westphalia
1734
Reichsburg Castle
1151
Reconstructed in Gothic Revival
Trendelburg Castle
Rapunzel’s Tower
Schwerin Castle
1857
One of the most important works of Romantic Historicism
The Wartburg
1067
Built in the Middle ages
Wernigerode Castle
Late 19th century
Zwinger Palace
Baroque Style
1728
David McClure says
Book me a room for the night in any one of them! They are all spectacular! I knew I was born many centuries later than I should have, but, alas, if I had lived in these ancient times, I would have probably been a serf living in a ramshackled humble hut in the squalid village with only the swine to keep me company! Oh, well, I can dream, can’t I? Perhaps my Knight in shining armour might ride up on his white steed and carry me off to one of these – IN MY DREAMS! David