Exploring Hohenzollern Castle - Burg Hohenzollern
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2019
- We have seen quite a few castle ruins so far and because we really like these old castles, we wanted to see one that is still intact. So we decided to visit the Burg Hohenzollern and we also wanted to hike up to the Zellerhorn Gipfel from where you have an amazing view on the castle. Join us on our trip to the Hohenzollern Castle. More of the Swabian Alb ► bit.ly/3d9fn3V
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Long live the House of Hohenzollern!
Thanks for watching!
For those interested in the history. Burg Hohenzollern is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The first castle on the mountain was constructed in the early 11th century. Over the years the House of Hohenzollern split several times, but the castle remained in the Swabian branch, the dynastic seniors of the Franconian-Brandenburgian cadet branch that later acquired its own imperial throne. This castle was completely destroyed in 1423 after a ten-month siege by the free imperial cities of Swabia.
The second castle, a larger and sturdier structure, was constructed from 1454 to 1461, which served as a refuge for the Catholic Swabian Hohenzollerns, including during the Thirty Years' War. By the end of the 18th century it was thought to have lost its strategic importance and gradually fell into disrepair, leading to the demolition of several dilapidated buildings.
The third, and current, castle was built between 1846 and 1867 as a family memorial[citation needed] by Hohenzollern scion King Frederick William IV of Prussia. Architect Friedrich August Stüler based his design on English Gothic Revival architecture and the Châteaux of the Loire Valley.[1] No member of the Hohenzollern family was in permanent or regular residence when it was completed, and none of the three German Emperors of the late 19th and early 20th century German Empire ever occupied the castle; in 1945 it briefly became the home of the former Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, son of the last Hohenzollern monarch, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Source: Wikipedia.
Your video is one of the few on the Hohenzollern Castle that showed footage of what I consider one of its most distinct features: the redundant ramps that lead to multiple entrance gates.
Those curved ramps would be minor nuisance for every day supply chariot but a nightmare to maneuver a battery ram (that would have a severe size limitation).
Imagine being part of an assault force, you and your men finally breach the first gate, only to circe to the next level (while being completely exposed to missiles) only do hit yet another gate!
I counted at least three such ramps in the entrance, I’m just not sure if they all lead to the gate of the inner castle or if one of them leads to the battlements on the right.
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I visited Neuschwanstein as a baby but this is definitely a castle I intend to see when I finally go back to Germany.
Born on Bitburg Air Base, 1995! Much love from the US!
Thanks for watching! Hohenzollern is a nice castle and definitely worth a visit.
Great video. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Wow such an amazing views !
It's really nice there. The castle is amazing.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching.
Sehr schöne Tour
Amzing castle I feel like I'm in Disney world I wish one day I could go there.
Thanks for watching!
if it were up to Disney they would have these castles canceled and demolished. but I do agree with you. except I never want to visit any perverted Disney park.
Gutes Video war letztens auch in Bad Urach :D
Danke! Bad Urach ist super... Besonders der Wasserfall.
You See Burg Eltz it is very cool , or Festung Königstein Near the Elbsandsteingebirge thatssss Crazy 😊
Thanks for watching! Burg Eltz is still on my bucket list. Hope we can go there someday.
This was great thank you! How long would you say the hiking up the castle and up and back from the Gipfel took?
Thanks for watching! Walking up to the castle doesn't take long and you can also take a bus if you want. Hiking up to the Zellerhorn Gipfel took maybe 30 minutes from the parking lot.
@@tatravelvlogs Thank you for the info. I am looking to take the train from Stuttgart to Hechingen and then hiking to the castle and then to the Gipfel or maybe a bus to the castle and then hiking back to Hechingen
@@benjamincauthen5698 Hiking from the castle to the Gipfel takes a little longer, I guess about one hour. It's a really nice place and the view from the Gipfel is definitely worth the hike. Enjoy your trip!
@@tatravelvlogs vielen Dank!!!
Do you know of a castle in Germany that was owned by the Doll family in the late 1800s early 1900s
Thanks for watching! Sorry, I don't know any castle owned by them. It's the first time I hear that name.
Hey man nice documentation. I really wanna visit this castle this year, any recommendation?
Thanks for watching! If you visit the castle you should also go to the Zellerhorn Gipfel, you have a great view from there.
@@tatravelvlogs thanks for the reply, exactly that's my plan but I wanna catch the sunrise so it's gonna be epic if I'm lucky. Ferienwohnung i think is the best solution. Thanks again. Subbed.
@@tatravelvlogs I'm driving from Schwäbisch Gmünd BTW.
@@OFW_ENGR I am sure that the sunrise looks amazing from up there, hopefully it is not to cloudy in the morning. Enjoy your trip! Btw nice channel, I subbed too.
deep mud in latex rubber suit?
Yes! You don't know that?!
Is she a filipina?
Probably - she wanted to get out of her country
I'm sad
Iam.the mean Person who tell you know the Castle is only 160 years old... so no medival castle
Hear me now, believe me later
Burg Hohenzollern is NOT medieval. Burg Hohenzollern is NOT a castle. It’s an Industrial Era (mid-1800’s) family compound, built with money extracted from the citizens of Baden-Wurtemberg.
Still a very beautiful compound either way
Feel bad for whoever built it
Thanks for watching!
It was build for the hohenzollerns
Who still owns the castle and live there they are better known as the german imperial family or royal family of prussia
No offense man but most of this video was you speaking to us and shots of the outside views surrounding the castle, I have never been so bored and medieval castles are my passion!! I rate this video a true sleeping pill. Two thumbs down.