Schloss Lichtenstein
October 3, 2007
It's no Neuschwanstein, but It was a great day trip, and a pretty little castle!
Reutlingen Gang strikes again! We took a day trip to Schloss Lichtenstein on a Wednesday, because it was Reunification day, and therefore we had no school! We took a bus leaving from Reutlingen, at 12:21pm. We were only on the bus for about 20 min, and the bus driver pulls over to the side of the road and says "Schloss Lichtenstein!" Mind you the road we were driving on was out in the middle of know where. So we got off and crossed the road and saw a sign that said 20 minutes on foot to the castle; so we started our walk. The walk was nice, we had perfect weather, and green fields of grass, surrounded by many trees to look at! 20 minutes later we arrived at the castle, which was only 4 euro, including a tour, to enter. We took some pictures, bought postcards, and ate ice cream while waiting for our tour. At 2pm we took the tour which showed us the inside of the castle, and lasted for 30min. The inside of the castle was nice, but nothing too large or super impressive. The walls and ceilings we painted with detailed drawings that gave the castle a rich look! Anyway, after the tour we ate some french fries and curry wurst, then headed for the bus. We arrived back in Reutlingen at around 4pm, stopped and had donners then headed for the school!
Schloss Lichtenstein was a 3. If I didn't leave this close to it, I might not have made the trip to it!
Brief History
The castle located near Honau in the Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its self-descriptive name in English means "light (colored) stone." Historically there has been a castle on the site since around 1200. It was twice destroyed, once in the Reichskriegs war of 1311 and again by the city-state of Reutlingen in 1381. The castle was not reconstructed and subsequently fell to ruin. In 1802 the land came into the hands of King Frederick I of Württemberg, who built a hunting lodge there. By 1837 the land had passed to his nephew Duke Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, who, inspired by Wilhelm Hauff's novel Lichtenstein, added the current castle in 1840–42. The romantic Neo-Gothic design of the castle was created by the architect Carl Alexander Heideloff. Today the castle is still owned by the Dukes of Urach, but is open to visitors.
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