European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Stripes Page 7 Ory ked to religion Geqrge staff Castle i churches Are laced to Gether in history with the Story and legend of the roman c at h o 1 i c and after Phil Jipp the magnanimous proclaimed the mation there in j 526 the City Bee am e k n o w n throughout the world As a Center of protestant Royal occupant of Castle jail be first protestant i diversity in modern times marburg renown to this same san Apps Castle overlooks the City and rolling Lahn River times served As a key defense it for the rulers of the surrounding c the starting Point for castle1 tour that will Lead us the Banks of the through a Wetzlar and Fly four years ago marburg made when three former rulers and of old Germany were re there in St Elizabeths Ere Field marshal Hin the great and Ich Wilhelm also interred in is Vearold Church was Gertrud von Anfe of the onetime presi Weimar spark growth look place 16 months after four bodies were discovered in Oringia Salt mine in april and search for the final rest place carried out under top As a r my f e a red it Aicon on the part of nazi regard Frederick the great pin Hindenburg As symbols of a nationalistic a four Graves today Are marked Sandstone giving Only and dates g was a stronghold in and the first Castle was there in was the end a2th Cen cent Rucastle braunfels to a buses a Duke and Duchess but s Are open for the history of these times con Cerns St daughter of the i avg of and count of who came to marburg in 1229 and died Tyro Leafs exhausted from lasting and Jawor King for her fellow she Difed in a constructed especially for her near the Beautiful Castle in which refused to the after her cures began to take place at her Church jeep ads say Only four years after tier death she was and construct was started of the imposing St Elizabeths Church on the site of her tiny pious christians from throughout Europe began pilgrimages to the and City and Castle of marburg grew y two years after he proclaimed the ref Phillipp convened leading re formers in attempt to achieve Unity in the protestant movement for four 1 through a r t i n Philipp Melanchton and Ulrico of conferred but failed to agree on key Points of Church history Luther conferred on Unity a reproduction of the document signed by the reformers is in the Castle today in the very room where the was the University Piave restored the room to the actual setting of guided Tours go the Castle from 11 to 12 am and from 3 to 4 except Mot Days admission is 50 pen the knights room has been re the Coats of arms of All members adorning the in the room is a door of inlaid Wood gives a third dimensional perspective of the banquet it was constructed in and retouched in the strange f at of Many of Marburgh reformation churches makes an inter Esting St Kali ans has become a to lice station while Elizabeths was a powder Magazine the Napoleonic wars the old franciscan Church later became and the dominican Church was a before being restored a University Gri urch St Johns remained a Church were delivered in French for the Guenot families until the 19th and the franciscan burial Chapel actually became a leaving take n3 South to wards and after a few kilo meters of level driving along the you will come to a Small Grade entering heavy As you reach the Summit a unmarked Road crosses the main turning to the you will enter the Gates of Castle Friedel youngster among castles in that it celebrates its 100th anniversary later this Frie Dunhausen tudors led owned by count Eberhard it was built Grandfather in 1850 in the Tudor style of except for the with the sawtooth gun slots around the there will be Little of count and countess a few plus a second floor ref occupy the a former German he Speaks he served As first Secretary of legation in Paris and before retiring fro the diplomatic serv returning to the main Road we passed through Giessen and turned on to Wetzlar where Only the ancient Tow ers of Castle Kal smut Over looking the Road Weilburg and Lim kalsmuts1 Days As a tourist spot Are Ovek except to seek Fine views of rolling the City and5 Castle of braunfels Are next on the several Miles before arriving the along the castles towers will loom entering the follow the Road up to the Market near Castle Weilburg made news in 1935 when the a grand Duchess of Luxem Bourg Soldi it tothe state of guides lend visitors to prevent scratching inlaid f 1 o q Park Here and take the Short walk up to the Castle where Tours begin hourly from 2 to rooms opened forthe tour include a museum implements from ancient suits of Armor Are Dis played along with one armoured Knight on Entrance is 1 Heinrich count of started construction of this landmark in although a Northern Tower was earlier against attacks from the counts of fire destroyed parts of the Village in the 15th and rebuilding during the next two Cen Turies took into account fire arms of that Spanish troops occupied the Castle Dur ing the 30 years but with the help of swedish count Heinrich tra Hektin recaptured his Castle and again rebuilt today the Duke and Duchess Georg Zug Solms of braunfels make the Castle their along with relatives of the some of the wings and the build Ings inside the Castle grounds Are Homes for but eight of the oldest rooms Are open to the Napoleon slept Here the last Castle on today the Village of for hundreds of years was owned by various counts of More recently it was owned by grand Duchess Charlotte of in sold it to the prussian Castle Weil Taurog dates from the 10th when the owner was burned there after dying on the the majority of rooms Are now completely admission is 1 Mark for adults and 25 pfennig for school the guides Are especially proud of some of the inlaid an hard Wood floors and will offer you heavy Felt slippers to put on Over your shoes while on the in addition to saving the floor from tie slippers probably help to keep them highly polished tourists go skating and shuffling through the much the same Way that East coast innkeepers Tell tourists that George Washington is believed to have slept the guide says that Napoleon slept Here in the yellow among other attractions in the Castle Are the Paris room with hand painted wallpaper from 1850 every major building of As if weve 011 and All facing on the Blue room especially painted every Shade of Blue for a who was nearly Blind and preferred subdued in the Swiss a Small Bay Over looks a Small Waterfall on the with the ancient Hunting Lodge of Castle in full View on the Hilltop across the the Well kept gardens Are another High spot of this ancient a Small restaurant is open with a the spot youth after the and As Good a place As any to end the j another of inlaid Vood is at marburg Castle the on a knights room very deep Braun cd museum display medieval implements of sarahs 1
