German castle

[Nova]

Anyone here know anything about German castles on the Rhine? Going through my dad's war photos and I came across this one of a castle. It is hard to make out but if anyone knew the outline of the castle they might know which one it was.

Or does anyone know who I could ask?

 

[taherrmann4]

Nova found this link on the net, it is a medieval forum maybe they can help.
http://www.shadowedrealm.com/forum/

Maybe post try this one too.
http://www.historum.com/general-history/4514-medieval-castles-europe.html

Or this one.
http://www.allempires.com/forum/default.asp

Good luck

 

[Nova]

Thanks taherrmann

 

[Ian]

You may also have some luck on this page - it lists all of the castles along the Rhine:

http://www.loreley-info.com/eng/rhein-rhine/castles.php

Good luck! :lol:

 

[Nova]

Ian, it kind of looks like the Marksburg castle.

 

[taherrmann4]

Nova that is what I was thinking also. Maybe you could email them and they could verify.

 

[taherrmann4]

Nova there is a german castle association that you could you email. They may be able to confirm.
http://www.marksburg.de/english/dbv.htm

 

[Nova]

taherrmann, I wrote to the people at Marksburg castle and they told me the photo was not Marksburg castle, and it's not a castle on the Rhine. But it's not far from the Rhine valley, close to the river Lahn. It's Braunfels castle between Wetzlar and Weilburg, around 30 km in the south of Frankfurt (www.schloss-braunfels.de).

This is so cool, thank you for link. I put in both pics so you can see them side by side.

 

[taherrmann4]

Nova that was a quick response you got, that is awesome. Glad you were able to find the name of it. Maybe one day you can go visit it.

 

[Nova]

I would love to visit Germany and go to some of the places my dad had been. He also has a photo at the Tiger Royal Factory where they made Tiger Panzer tanks and a photo of a rocket plane at the factory.

 

[HARO]

Nova; you would love it! The people are probably a lot friendlier now than when your dad was there, and most of them speak English!!! John

 

[Nova]

With notes on the back of photos I have marked the cities my dad had been in. I don't remember which town it was but I remember a story he told me of entering a town and had an uneasy sensation. He realized it was because the buildings had glass windows. Every town he had ever been in had been bombed or fought in and there was never glass in the windows. Once he got over the strange feeling he noticed how pretty the town was and hoped it would never get bombed.