Saturday, 28 September 2019

The castle of Babenhausen

The castle of Babenhausen was started to be built in the end of the 12th century. It is a water castle. It is divided in four wings- the west wing, the east wing, the south wing and the north wing. First the west wing was build, 1460 the east wing was build. It was followed between 1570 and 1578 by the south wing and the north wing finished the structure in the 17th Century.


The castle got rebuild more times. At the end the castle was a closed square investment. It had 4 county towers and the wings were 3 to 4 storey massive construction. To protect the castle from outside the first builder the family of Münzenberg build 3 moats. In the castle were many servants like the fountain master, the hunter, the court cook, the yard gardener, the butler, the trumpeter, the wench and people for the towers. Today the castle is 830 years old and you can still see it.

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