European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Stripes Page 7 horses were stabled in giant knights Hall is Tonay Castle tour fans find bits of Amer in German Weikersheime Castle visited by Many particularly fee at the bad Mergentheim dependents Center kiting Bas a Glass Organ above rented by Benjamin Bow like Lees Are nested horizontally and Are rotated to play a the player holds a far on a Glass for As Many beats As by Lowell Blankfort staff correspondent photos by George Penn he Trepoff on what to expect at Weikersheime Castle comes before you get it comes from the from the lederhos ened bavarian from the bicycle riders you Stop for directions on How to get to this Chateaux or that now weve figured the Odds Are exactly 86vttol Hes never heard of the particular Castle according to 1890 is supposed to be right in his own Back but after you explain your hell sure As not castles it is to Weikersheime you should be it is a two or one or Inborg where is Castle i covered by the tour on Page to do of Jieri cans requires four or five hours Here is a question we is the Castle in Rothenburg the e within the a Castle was there is a Castle Gate and a Castle be Rothenburgh three hour but there Are not too Many cows and sheep on the and Here our informers proceed to recount such wonders of Weiker shed As which we later corroborated Mammoth knights feet two stories High and the largest a pillared room in All Germany its Ceil Ings covered Bat Lescene paintings and its floor made of to horses could be stabled first porcelain Ever made by Dresden alchemist named Bott he around set of musical drinking each of which sounds a different note when you strike vast collection of musical instruments that includes Beethoven a Glass Organ invented by Benjamin Franklin and Mother Pearl and Ivory inlaid piano that won first prize the St Louis exposition in in Laid Woodwork and Stone carvings of the late bed where Napoleon slept while his armies overran a Good part of a built into the Wall and lacking any which he Weikersheime was built in 1586 upon the ruins of an old Castle by count Wolfgang von and is considered the Premier Castle of the Hohenlohe the sundry branches of which ruled Franconia until and Are still mass producing self styled Countesse and seen from the quaint Little Village of the five gabled Castle is a magnificent sight it lies behind a flow ered rectangular Garden with a Fountain in the Center and rows of Chestnut Trees Threece Turvold busts of roman gods stand along the the Castle has 107 though not All Are partially English speaking guides will conduct you on an hour and half tour for 1 the Best Way to get there not our Way is to follow route 19 South from Wurz Burg to bad then follow Road if you like castles so much that youre willing to Settle for the out Side of theres one at bad Mergent but the inside is now Headquarters for various army other alleged castles in the area of Wurzburg that offer Only an outside View include Frankenberg and Nieder private residences an old age and a do if Princess Hohenlohe refugee countess Hoya above stands with one foot on an old Shoeshine Box at on a Landing is a White Rebuck which caught cameraman Huntsman Penns the in pillared knights room at Bartenstein is you can get in to see a few rooms of Bartenstein South of Weikersheime along the same Road from bad but most of the place is a Caritas Home for Munfor there is also a ruin in the East of bad after leaving Farious decorations bestowed upon Hohenlohe by Kaiser Gigantic stuffed bears shot in Russia by numerous ancestral italian old swords and some very Fine nym Henburg gorgeous tapestries and elaborate both the Prince and countess speak English they spoke it in their Home As the Prince but have never visited any English speaking coun wed like to go to England some the Prince but we cant afford for zone sightseers we recommend visiting Langenberg about 20 Miles near Blaufelder follow the Road from Barten and which is about 15 Miles to the we spent so much time visiting Charity settlements we didst get to but natives assured us it is among the nicest of Hohenlohe castles and open to the we visit a 16th Century Castle where Prince and the countess a Royal refugee relative from showed us around the part maintained As a family one room has been preserved just the Way Chad wig Vori German Chancellor for six years after Bismarck and the present princes left it when he it is Complete with pipes and 50yearold the Royalty also pointed out such fam ily relics As a gun collection that goes Back to the Days of Vaughn Smartt and John Mccowan have dug into the archives for tales of the robber the pm the their knights and ladies who enlivened the castles of the they have compiled those tales and Latte Day pictures in an admirably printed 12page Booklet the romantic Rhine castles being sold for 50 cents per 3thr hot Antic on Sale at Newsstands of
