European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Stripes daily Magazine St not at on Tom wore part of Masu Msj Walli. Burg Wale Nitvini with Knight of Falkenstein i coat of Armi on flagpole. Resurrecting a ruined Castle Sas of Tofoi by Tony Vanoski by Ray Wright staff writer . Germany Church choir Tings by Wall of Burg s re Ltd Section. T k Knight of would Topcu Kitze his Astle Burg Ellen us in if he walked into it Tody. The Rustle on Hill a Cir Tripp Stadt Germany 10 Miles South of Kaiserslautern. Looks about the some on the Rutilde As it cold More than 300 years Ngo when it was wrecked during the thirty years War but inside he Knight would never know it student and alumni from the kaisers input can teachers College have turned the Heap of historic rubble into a replica of the untie no it blood in 1638. A replica out tide that is inside it s As modern As tomorrow. The Young people dug old red Sandstone building blocks out of the Earth that had burled them. They rebuilt the Walls scooped out rubble which Rose to the Sec Ond floor of the Castle and lumped it into the Moat. The students built a trestle across the Moat to Cert in building materials hauled fallen rocks up the Steep Hill using rope Sand Man woman too Power and lived to tents and cooked Over open fires All the while. One student studied medieval German to learn the history of the Castle. Other Stu dents made Wall hangings and pictures sewed mattress and Pillow covers and draperies. Still another Learned All about wiring so he could put in the electrical system. Then there was plumbing. The Volun Teer work Crews dug a Trench to Tripp Stadt for water lines and also Sank three Large septic tanks the Castle itself was never a a Mirlon Royal residence on the order of Versailles or Linderhof. It a Snell Ash of cast in go and rather ugly. However it Doe Hove a Beautiful locution on a forested Hill with Aview Down the Valley. The Castle was begun in the year 1100, but was destroyed and rebuilt any number of time in the next 900 years finally be ing abandoned after the thirty years War. The Wal Enslen clan did a bit of feuding. An addition with a Tower was put onto the cast it so the feeders could live separately and the Knight of into the new part. It became known As a double keep the peace rules were drawn up for the Fylken Stolns and Stoer shells re searchers found a set of the rules in the archives signed by a King of the holy roman group rebuilt Only the Fulke Nillen Section and left the Florsheim part ruins for its historic and picturesque value. They made a replica of the Trappe coat of arms of the knights of Falkenstern and Fly this Over the Castle when they Are How did the teachers College group come to undertake the restoration or. Walter capped vice president of the col lege an assistant professor of psychology and president of the student alumni association explains out group wanted a Holiday House a place we could go for vacation or week ends. We began to look around As Long ago july 23, 1963 the stars and Stoks As 19."�. We Mutt led to a utilities in Souther France and looked at a number of rattles in the he Leland Plant late before we chose Wallenstein. We had just enough Money to buy the Rustle there was nothing left Over to pay for rebuilding it however we bought it anyway and took it from Burg Alten Sineln is classed a a National Monument and while the West Ger Man department of monuments was More than willing to sell the Castle it also de minded that the exterior be restored exactly an it had been before its destruction in 2638. The ruin and its forested Hillside cost14.000, the rebuilding exclusive of donated labor came to 157,500. Furnishings and equipment Cost another $12,500. No on knew just where All this Money would come from but the group went on with us plans anyway. Business firms in the Rhineland Paluel note the government. Proles ant churches private donors alumni and students All contributed Cash in varying amounts. A kaisers Lau n architect Drew up plans of the rebuilding Job. Although he was paid a fee he spent countless hours of disown time working on plans and supervising construction. After the architect commented How often in a lifetime Doea an architect have the Opportunity to re build a tie Knight of Fol Kenston might Havo revealed in the Comfort of the new cantle s automatic heat tiled showers modern laundry electric cooking ranges comfortable Beds and brightly lighted dining and Day rooms. To tie the historic outside to the modern inside red rocks have been allowed to protrude through the plaster Peep Bole were left in the 9-foot Walls and a an Dent gothic Chapel window High in on Wall graces what is now the third floor dormitory groups from France and England hav already met at the Castle during its frs year of operation and seven uj9. Army lieutenants from the Kaiserslautern Are held their promotion party there How tag around 70 guests. Students Cater the parties and turn Over any profit to the association for further building improvements. Moving spirit to is this activity u the dynamic Cappell who is married to Mma Merican from Seattle. Wash. He Trachea German to groups from the Vogel Weh officers and civilians wives club to addition to his duties at the teachers College. Cappell was a prisoner of War i the slates from 1m3 to 1946, when a was returned to his Homo i Germany. After completing work at various universities Fortis doctorate he vent to Yale University s divinity school on a scholarship. He 1s credited with this classic stats ment in his scholarship application i have seen America from jail now x would like to learn about u from the Yale Pointon View. 11
