This German Castle Has Been One Family’s Home for 850 Years
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2018
- Talk about choice real estate-the Eltz Castle in Wierschem, Germany, is a spectacular medieval structure that sits within a valley, surrounded by serene forestland. The Eltz family has owned this piece of enchanting beauty since 1157, and has kept residence at the estate for 34 generations. Although none of the Eltz clan currently occupies the 120-room castle full time, it is open to visitors, who travel from all over to witness the vast collection of historic treasures, including weapons, armor and art.
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The Eltz current generation are lucky to have a rich family history. Imagine having information let alone records of your relatives 30 generations back!!!
I do, father and mothers side.
Well we do. We have record of our family name (or we call marga), as for me, I'm 17th gen from our "marga" and still able to identify several generation before the root of our "marga" began.
@@ianmpurba620 Marga sounds like Indonesian... Anyway it is nice to have the history of your family generations way back... But having the physical remains is something else. Just imagine how the eltzs may one day use the castle for their family gathering... My family once had a Dutch style house up a hill in Bandung but its now lost... Yeah what a Miss.
@@ianmpurba620 Having your records of ancestral lineage was always useful, especially in Batak's tradition of marga, that even commoners can have somewhat extensive records of their ancestry. But we don't always keep the records of where their physical remains is. My family at least have a tomb complex that contain the remains of my ancestor 4-5 lines above me (the grandpa of my grandparents, but my grandparents chosed to be buried somewhere else so I'm not sure if my future grandchild will ever know who and where was my gramps buried.
NB: I'm Toba Batak btw, if you don't know what is marga sihotang.
Ian MPurba but you’re not as relevant as this family
Damn my ancestors need to step up their game
Just like your family in the far future is going to be wondering why you didn't do the same.
Yanishka Yachtboy well u can start
Unfortunately my family ain't got shit, but I hope to change that
Calling from the future. You need to step up your game. You only ever dreamed of that one Yacht, you never got it.
😂😂😂
As a German who only lives about 45 minutes away from the castle and has been there multiple times I can assure you it does give off Hogwarts vibes
@Spenca no problem german ist kinda hard so i meant that the castle has hogwarts vibes or in german das schloss gibt mir hogwarts stimmung
@Bajrangbali corona says no :(
What's the name of the castel bro? Its amazing!
Hp ru,es so does pjo
@@marseldapelli1708 it’s called eltz castle :)
Imagine being able to know your true history.. thats the true wealth.
@Makedon Slav What do you mean "not too long ago"? Europeans have had more than extensive contact with other ethnicities for well over 2000 years. The middle east was a main trading route from china, egypt was an important civilization and greeks and anatolians are ethnically very different from germans, yet they've been in contact through the roman empire since BC. I don't know what your definition of "not too long ago" is, but multiple millenia are pretty long to me.
@@V.o.i.d.v "Most" as in peasantry which make up "Most" of Europeans back then, heck in the 1700s Nobles of the Russian Nobility feared and awed in amazement seeing a black child
@@V.o.i.d.v You seem to overestimate us Europeans. While what you're saying is technically true about the trading route, you need to keep in mind that mostly the rich could afford those products and even then it in was usually handled to them by white middlemen. So yes while there certainly was beneficial contact on both sides, most German commoners never had or barley ever had interactions with different races outside of war. The Geeks itself were/are considered as one of us (white). I can only speak for my granny but in her diary it's been made pretty clear that seeing a poc person travel through the village was something special. It was the first time she saw someone with a different skincolor and that hasn't been long ago.
Someone wrote a book on mine
Snowflakes will virtue signal and drop the racist bomb that has nothing to do with anything.
The only thing i got from my ancestors is diabetes.
For me its MS
Bimbo Schmutz damn bro
I ended up with a bad back , arthritis , bad kidneys, depression and male pattern baldness on Mom's side .Dad's side male pattern baldness and bad sinuses .Thanks to all .
Sorry .
Hahahaha, true true, we have the same ancestors hahahaha
Mom: Go to your room!
Kid: After 50 minutes slams the door.
😭😭😭
Omg I'm dyinngggg
Lmao
fr you're gonna be really fit if you live in this castle, lmao it might take you half an hour to get to the fridge.
and it takes 20 minutes for the sound to echo through the hallways
They actually left out the most important part. Eltz castle is basically an aristocratic co-op. It’s something called a Ganerbenburg-a castle owned by multiple families. Basically only a super rich noble family could afford a big castle-so sometimes multiple small noble families, knights, and branches of the same family would team up to be able to pay for one collective castle. So Eltz has multiple separate sections for different owners-and then they would all team up if say the castle was attacked. That’s what gives it this distinctive cluster structure. I thought it still had multiple owners? Maybe they’re branches of this same family.
Whichever the case was, the famillies must have a really strong bond and loyalty to each other to keep the castle going strong and well maintained for this long.
They’re all branches of the same family. In the tour, they mention that the sons of one of the Eltz lords all took up residence in the different sections of the castle, which gives each section its own style. Going from section to section, you walk from the 5th floor of one section straight across to the 3rd floor of another. Super neat tour!
Maybe they married each noble house
Oooh damn. So it's a complex.
@@thesparks00 like a projects?
If the family ain't living in a massive castle you got to wonder what sort of monster mansion they're choosing to live in instead
E
O
most provably not. They peovably coulen’t qffors to maintain the castle ( it costs many many thousands of dollars a month just to maintain) so they keep it open for 10 euros per visitor to affors it would be my guess
@@swe1337swe is your keyboard okay?
a different planet
Imagine your mom tell you to “dust the whole castle”
That would be punishment for murder
Yes and your father ask you later, hey son can you find my keys, don't Know where I put them 😳
Lmao I'd rather leave the house 😔
@@larsstougaard7097 ded 💀
@@amruthavalli1260 Better to run out and be in beautiful nature, great location. 😊
Must be nice to be part of a 35th generational rich family
Lol
Yea lol 😂
Dream life
Goals
The trick is how they reproduce to keep it "in the family".
These guys lasted longer than most of the empires in the world
the empire is a system. it's still here. the land is owned through means like the stock market.
axe yourself how come so many "investment funds" are anonymous. behind these proxies is the empire. the noble houses are live and kicking.
queen Elizabeth 2 of UK is cousin with king of Spain, king of Norway, king of Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, and who else. they're in the walls!
@@criztu axe yourself? AXE yourself?
@@Lachausis if you want to..
i disagree muslim ruled for 1000 years
Hello.... Dose anyone know the fastest way that I can earn money online??
Am I the only one upset to find out they don’t actually still live in it full-time
im upset too
Yeah... But it is nice that they have it open to the public, and preserved in the way it is!!! I went to Neuschwanstein castle when I was in Germany, and it was cool and all. But it’s a more modern castle. This castle is older yet still preserved!!! Most of the other old castles that we explored in Germany, had the rooms closed off (due to compromised structure) and were crumbling apart.
Bruh are crazy
I wouldn't live there either. Too many visitors.
I am more glad that it's open to the public. Atleast people will get to experience it's beauty
Imagine getting into bed and realising you left your charger downstairs
😂😂😂
Me right now😬🙄
if i have a castle like that...i wont have one charger
Imagine going to bed and then just hearing war outside just by your corridor and when you open the door, there's nothing there.
hahahha, yeaa what a problem XD
Misleading title. I was expecting someone to actually live there
They use it as a vacation home pretty much. As you can immagine they are impossibly expensive to keep up. So the family sells tours to finance it. There is an office for the guides inside the main courtyard and right next to that there is a private section of the castle blocked off. The house, at one point, was inhabited by three branches of the same family. Each family had there own seperate section of the castle. The other two branches were eventually bought out by the last remaining family (the eltz family). There ancestral section of the castle was kept as a private residence and the other two sections are used for tours.
rosjio99 lol same!
@perdedor3571
Bought out? Lol, the drama. It must be like game of thrones anytime a person dies.
@@themelanatednomad6989 the way they framed it on the tour it seems like the other branches of the family weren't doing to hot financially so they sold of there sections of the castle to the branch that was.
perdedor3571 How do you know they use it as a vacation home?
The skill and craftsmanship to build that 900 years ago is astounding
Slaves tend to work pretty hard in a very meticulously when you're threatened with death
@@jjpds1 😳
@@jjpds1 There were no slaves back then in Germany, there were however peasants but they were not forced to work, they were paid to work although they were paid really bad, just enough to survive.
@@walrus1074 not buying it
@@jjpds1 Don't worry you don't have to, I just presented the truth, have a good day.
Respect to this family for maintaining the legacy of their ancestors and taking care of the castle for future generations to see.
Some people don’t even have the luxury of knowing their ancestors past their grandparents!
Same but I hope to seem them all in heaven together.. I hope we all pass into it successfully God willing.
@@tomoyatoko7262 Then I invite you to accept the Religion of Islam my brethren in humanity
@@jamesarthur8973 Oh are you Muslim? You're name doesn't sound like it but cool.
@@s.a.8548 Alhamdulilah.. I'm a Muslim
James Arthur Jesus is God.
My ancestors survive as a peasant. That's quite an accomplishment.
@Raphaël Gaudet in all seriousness, that is a major achievement! Not a weird flex at all
人Nanashi indeed. not many peasants could survive and give birth.
Mine were slaves
@@theguy7480 lol
That’s an amazing accomplishment seriously. They survived great suffering and difficulties people in 2020 could never survive.
My parents could probably have bought this castle if I always turned off the lights
Mine could too if I kept the damned door closed and stopped heating up the damn neighborhood.
Or if I didn’t keep the fridge open while looking for something to eat
Lol
Or if my shower didn’t take 30 seconds to change the temperature
Or if I wasn't on my damn phone all the time.
How does one marry into a family like that? Asking for a friend...
Yeah does the owner have a cute son?
you have to sacrifice 100 bulls...
...to the volcano.
You have to chalenge a guy in a fight till death duel.
Is your freind not able to afford internet to find out for their self? Your freind can kiss that dream goodbye.
genetics
Imagine having a house that’s pictured on your country’s currency... I’d be like, “that’s my house...”
we have the Euro since 2002, so this is kind of outdated information. But nevertheless, it would be cool! :)
Man if only :)
@ravi sanchez i speak swahili
ravi sanchez that sounds like the struggles of political dynasty
The Asian Angeleño What’s cool to them you can’t even fathom. I can’t fathom lol
When your castle is over twice as old as the united states of america.....
united states of What?
LiLli United States is the world.
@@ewcho8995 American detected
@Toxic Boxic not really a joke for some of them tho lol
@Toxic Boxic I know buddy, no offence intended :) Many are just very patriotic which can seem full of yourself from an outer view
"Shall we continue in my place?"
-"Sure"
"Alright, just gotta hike a few kilometers in the forest and climb a few thousand steps or so."
WHY DO PEOPLE FOLLOW, PAY MONEY AND WONDER AFTER THE WEALTH OF THOSE SUPER WEALTHY HIDDEN FAMILES THAT LITERALLY SPONSORED HITLER, WHO KILLED M I L L I O N S OF PEOPLE!!!! ITS THESE FAMILES THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT AND TAKE OUT. THEY DIDNT GET THIS WEALTH FROM GOOD DEEDS OR SITTING IN AN OFFICE, THEY GOT IT FROM EVIL SICK GAMES WHERE THEY LITERALLY SIT IN THERE CASTLES SPONSORING WARS!!!!
WHY DO PEOPLE FOLLOW, PAY MONEY AND WONDER AFTER THE WEALTH OF THOSE SUPER WEALTHY HIDDEN FAMILES THAT LITERALLY SPONSORED HITLER, WHO KILLED M I L L I O N S OF PEOPLE!!!! ITS THESE FAMILES THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT AND TAKE OUT. THEY DIDNT GET THIS WEALTH FROM GOOD DEEDS OR SITTING IN AN OFFICE, THEY GOT IT FROM EVIL SICK GAMES WHERE THEY LITERALLY SIT IN THERE CASTLES SPONSORING WARS!!!!
Imagine your toddler running around in there. Don’t touch that it’s over 700 hundred years old. Don’t touch that it’s over 500 hundred years old. Sleep time it’s better we sleep on the floor I am not sure I want to sleep in a bed that 20 other people have shared and if it breaks my dad is going to be so mad.
Epic😂😂❤
@@ommigangawane2411 I know right.🥰🤣
Lol🤣
"Child, stay away from the basement if you don't want to meet the vengeful ghosts of ya 700 hundred years old ancestors."
Child: O_O
"And don't go near the attic, there is a Poltergeist living in there."
Child: 😱
WHY DO PEOPLE FOLLOW, PAY MONEY AND WONDER AFTER THE WEALTH OF THOSE SUPER WEALTHY HIDDEN FAMILES THAT LITERALLY SPONSORED HITLER, WHO KILLED M I L L I O N S OF PEOPLE!!!! ITS THESE FAMILES THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT AND TAKE OUT. THEY DIDNT GET THIS WEALTH FROM GOOD DEEDS OR SITTING IN AN OFFICE, THEY GOT IT FROM EVIL SICK GAMES WHERE THEY LITERALLY SIT IN THERE CASTLES SPONSORING WARS!!!!
You’re doing something right if you can keep wealth going that long.
or wrong u never know with all the sacrifices that went down in the history of the world..
side with the winners would be the first rule.
they probably sacrificed some first born virgin.
Conceited rich kid would usually sell off their family assets to maintain their lifestyle.
It's really easy to maintain wealth when you already have it.
Just look at Donald Trump for clarification on that fact.
I went to this castle probably 3 times by now(I live in Germany). It is really interesting to see how the furniture looked and what rooms were connected to each other. The beds were super small, looking like a childrens bedroom as in the past people were not as big as we are now(the average hight was about 1.50m). There were also many secret rooms hidden in the walls. These rooms either connected to a womans bedroom or it was an escape room going all the way down to the forest! It was a really cool experience even if you‘re not as interested in history(as myself) and would recommend going there.
and does it actually have a dungeon underneath all that stone.have u been down that way.. just wanted 2 know if history lies. OK
ahh yes the secret entrance to the women’s bedroom ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@Ko_Reisen hell yeah!!
Have children, so Merkel doesn't successfully replace you guys.
@@Ko_Reisen its a little secret backdoor ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
“Wanna come over?”
Three hours later:
“ oh yeah, that was my great great great great great great great grandmother’s “ 😂😂😂😂
"Oh and she just walked right through you."
When I was stationed in Germany, I’ve visited here every month 😌. SOOO much history and WELL maintained! That family is so lucky to have it all there before them 🇩🇪
My family couldn't even pass down a salt shaker if i asked.
Lmao underrated atm
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
This made me laugh😆😆
+1
Who else got this on their recommended 850 years later?
I literally spilt my milk laughing at your comment lol.
hahahahah XD
😂😂😂😂
Hhhhhhh
lol
Imagine the secret corridors and other hidden treasures in that beauty.
It's pretty great that something like this actually exist, because it's pretty far fetched to most and it is literally straight out of a fairytale. I'm just in awe of this place because I it is actually real. Love it.
Europe has thousands of castles
@@erictyson5947 Yes, and how many still have 1000 year old families living in them? Why are youtube people so low iq
Her: Imagine still living with your parents lol.
Eltz teenager: Yes
Most of us indians live with our parents for their lifetime. I'm 17 yr old and my parents left me only for 5 days when they were on trip. Its not a great deal.
Wanda Maximoff most of us normal people leave at around age 18 and independently make a life for ourselves.
Feelthefx There’s no normal or abnormal, it’s only the difference between cultures. Asian culture typically has a stronger connection with families/parents
Western people mostly throw their parents into carehomes when they become a burden and some are fine with that. In asia especially south Asia. It's very normal for one or multiple siblings to let their parents move in with them or still live in the same house so he can also take care of them. Doesn't mean hes a slacker the kids will have jobs as well. Parents take care of us when we were young and we take care of them when they older. Just how our culture is family bonds and respect for the elder generations run deep. Not saying 100% of asians do this but it's safe to say its more than any western family.
Most Indian subcontinent’s families stay together, I’m 21 and my older brother is 25 and marries and we still live with our parents. That doesn’t mean we’re freeloaders feeding off of their wealth, we actually split bills and and groceries and stuff. Everybody in the family has a role to fulfill and that’s IMO what gives us a purpose.
The only thing my ancestors gave me was premature baldness
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
lmao
well shit hopefully i win this rigged gene lottery
I can understand you bruh!
Kolam
This is truly incredible for not only only family still owning the castle for generations, kept it in good condition for centuries. But to be able to carry on family history alive and allow members of the public to visit the castle as well is truly magnificent. Wonderful story. :)
So amazing. The structure itself, the uninterrupted family history, being untouched thru centuries of war. Truly, this place is hallowed ground, and very special.
imagine dusting all the rooms, would take weeks
That's why you need butlers if you have house that big.
imagine getting to the last room and having to start all over again😂
Galih Prabasidi butler doesn’t clean the house but managed the house and need 600 house keepers like the richest man in India!
Nah its fast with 50 chambermaids.
Well they could solve a lot of their litter problems by issuing blind tourists of the castle with pointy sticks....
I was hoping to see all the present family members in that castle living together happily.
Same
😂🤣 like an Indian joint family ??? 🤣😂
@@ragemodels Yes
That would be nice too. At least telling us they do live in the castle for a while.
Same
Holy shit imagine living in that waking up in the morning and seeing that scenery
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night
It's the german version of Hogwarts, they just don't let us muggles know the truth.
You're a wizard Hans!
@Tinúviel share links to videos of them please
The real home of Durmstrang ;-)
WHY DO PEOPLE FOLLOW, PAY MONEY AND WONDER AFTER THE WEALTH OF THOSE SUPER WEALTHY HIDDEN FAMILES THAT LITERALLY SPONSORED HITLER, WHO KILLED M I L L I O N S OF PEOPLE!!!! ITS THESE FAMILES THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT AND TAKE OUT. THEY DIDNT GET THIS WEALTH FROM GOOD DEEDS OR SITTING IN AN OFFICE, THEY GOT IT FROM EVIL SICK GAMES WHERE THEY LITERALLY SIT IN THERE CASTLES SPONSORING WARS!!!!
WHY DO PEOPLE FOLLOW, PAY MONEY AND WONDER AFTER THE WEALTH OF THOSE SUPER WEALTHY HIDDEN FAMILES THAT LITERALLY SPONSORED HITLER, WHO KILLED M I L L I O N S OF PEOPLE!!!! ITS THESE FAMILES THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT AND TAKE OUT. THEY DIDNT GET THIS WEALTH FROM GOOD DEEDS OR SITTING IN AN OFFICE, THEY GOT IT FROM EVIL SICK GAMES WHERE THEY LITERALLY SIT IN THERE CASTLES SPONSORING WARS!!!!
does it have internet?
Literally the first thing that come to my mind too
No wifi nor any interwebs. That's why no one lives there now.
Maybe yes.
Germany in general has garbage Internet
Maybe 3g or 4g internet
I don't even know who my ancestors are beyond my great-grandparents. Crazy to think this family can trace their lineage all the way back to the time of the Crusades
You will probably be able to find stuff on Ancestry (paid site) or FamilySearch (free)! Just search for a grandparent/great grandparent as a kid in census records. Then you can find their parents and siblings, and extend the tree back from there. I wish I knew a good tutorial for this... I'm sure there are some on UA-cam.
I’ve got paperwork going back 7 generations on my father’s side and 10 generations going back on my mom’s side. Yes it is astonishing this castle survived many strifes and 2 World Wars.
It's bullshit. All it would take is one or two women cheating and raising a son not your own to 'carry on the line' lol. With DNA so accessible now it is becoming apparent that there are a lot of kids that are not the fathers.
@@tesseract2365 Interesting idea, but do you have any studies or statistics to support it? I'm happy to doubt it until then.
@@videoket Studies: Life Statistics: Reality
That's perhaps the most beautiful castle I've ever seen. Everything about it is just so charming.
the castle actually is way more beautiful than shown in this video. on a misty day, this looks like you just became part of a fantasy movie.
fun fact: my mom was a maid in that castle for over 25 years!
Thats really cool
She should get paid over 100grand Bec cleaning that will be tough
Damn you serious 😲 awesome
When was that, no one has lived in the castle for quite some time now..
@@someperson2965 She used to clean there on the weekends for the tourist.
My grandma was looking into our family history and she was really disappointed as our ancestors were just peasants
Mine were nobles. But it's calm cos we aren't our ancestors, we live in a time where we make whatever we want out of our lives but tbh right now we're both peasants still.
Shah Zad but if we had really rich ancestors we could of been royalty
@@goodbye7236 It's not so much how we should appreciate how rich our ancestors were but more of how we should appreciate our culture
Tig ol' Bitties yeah I love my culture and I wouldn’t want any other way
I say good upstanding character counts. Peasant or not is secondary. Although it would be nice to live in a castle. Be proud of who you are with all your real or imaginary setbacks.
Friend comes over: what was that noise?
Kid that lives in the castle: oh don’t worry it’s my ancestor
It's interesting how back then, people would dream of living in a castle. Now those with castles prefer not to live in one.
the castles were meant only as places of refuge against angry serfs or enemy clans looking to take you out
I've been watching a lot of chateau and old castle series/documentaries this quarantine and they're all money pitfalls. They need deep pockets and alot of love
@@criztu not true. people fortified the places where they lived and didn't fortify places where they can go to while there home is being destroyed. Furthermore you won't find many clans in medieval europe
They are WAAAY TO BIG & the maintenance is Ridiculous & Very Expensive so they open it up to tourists which helps pay the bills & keeps it going.
The generational families have a small section where they come to visit for buisness or vacation
@@bleach123abc Clans existed in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland
I wonder which generation was like:
You know this living in a castle thing is kinda out of date
The cost of living and keeping that entire castle warm or cool is most likely why. Id say someone in the 20th century!!!
I can be sure it is less than 80 years, these castles are not that comfortable to live in and as the guy above me said the cost of maintaining it is very costly.
@Ciano Scuro Many very old castles have installed electricity and outside lacking modern insulation, work just like modern homes.
The German Wikipedia site lists the owners with their places of birth and death. It seems they stopped living there during the second half of the 17th century.
@Ciano Scuro You give a lot of interesting details but at the same time you seem to have naive ideas about old medieval castles. First of all, costs are the big issue and have always been the big issue with maintaining big castles. Only the more wealthy among the aristocratic families owned enough land to support the maintenance of castles. That's not a problem here. The Eltz family belongs to the oldest aristocracy, has always been wealthy and still owns land and several castles in Germany and Croatia.
Most of the old medeval castles were given up in the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th century when most owners couldn't afford them anymore and most families who could afford them moved into cities for political reasons. The three main branches of the Eltz family lived in the castle and still added new buildings constantly well into 17th century. They acquired a city palace in Eltville but could afford to keep the old castle as well. They managed to manoeuver through French occupations and the revolutions and have stayed popular enough to get public help with renovations.
> wood can be taken gratis from the forests
That's a strange thing to say. Where do you live? In Germany, forests are owned (in this case by the Eltz family) and you can't take their wood gratis. In the Middle Ages, and probably even today, the forests provided a main form of steady income for the owners.
Considering all the shit that's gone down in Europe in all those years it's impressive that it's still around
Harvey
Meijer
Mirza
@@mirza_saabb193 and I'm John to you !
I bet it has to do with it's relatively inaccessible location
These kind of people have their entire family living in the castle. All the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, brothers, sisters, dad, mom, etc
As a teenager, imagine the epic parties you could have when the folks are out of town!
Imagine having a home that other people pay to watch.
*pay to see
Dope
@@peterpan8693 pay to view
Pay to observe
Pay to adore
Imagine the horror witnesed by those walls, only if they can talk...
😱😂😂
You can say that about almost every old building.
Abraham Wilberforce lol there's a big difference between ancient and old building. This castle was present during medieval times when tortures, murders, canibalism, famine, uncurable diseases etc... were normal.
sometimes I wish walls could share stories.
@@janninmarie8385 you won't be living long enough listen, even if they could talk.. story of 8 centuries is a long one, and not enough for one lifetime to listen it completely..
My parents when going to town: The castle better be clean when we get back!
That's for the servants
don't panic , get a roomba!
@@chiefteddythegrimreaper5862 we were the servants.
Not anymore Brandon
Gorgeous place. I visited it with my family in 1982. Quite a hike to get down to it, its hidden from view for most of the trek, then you step out of the last few feet of forest and boom, there it is sitting on a rock in a valley surrounded by thickly forested hills. Its a magical place!
“One family has lived here for 850yrs”
“No one lives here it’s open to public”
They said the family doesn't live there fulltime not that they don't live there at all
0:47 "And since today no one lives there full time."
Zizo nah
Bill Nye the super psuedo science guy!
idiot lol
Imagine living somewhere you could go years without even seeing a fellow house member
Mushroom Elm But I’m sure mommy has to bring in your clean clothes from time to time
I doubt it they probably had events where they all gathered few times a year
Mushroom Elm damn you played him 😂
That would be great lol 😂
@Mushroom Elm how many kinds mushrooms grows in your bedroom 😉
Love this castle. It takes a little hike to get there but well worth it! One of my favorite adventures, that I did with a dear friend.
This seems to be such a charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
Germany is such a beautiful country
@@sujoy1660 why do you have to state that?
Yes, scamdia is a beautiful scamtry.
comment commenter so Is Mexico
It's alright. France is more beautiful.
@@roothik lol you've clearly never been to Germany then
bro if they turn there house into a school and call it hogwarts
Was waiting to find this comment
Genius!!!
you need the intelectual propertys owners permit, but that might be an interesting idea, provided the place is able to hold a school.
It's in Germany so we would call it : Schweinewarzen - Schule für Hexerei und Zauberei
@@MeaXXBlack Schweinewarzen? Bruh bitte lass dir was besseres einfallen😂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I discovered about 8yrs ago that this castle is part of my heritage. Nice one! My sister & i went to visit, travelling all the way from Australia, & having our photo taken at the entrance to the Kempnisch Haus, our family name. Very proud!
It must be cool being able to keep track of family history for that long. My parents left their home country so I don’t even know like 98% of my own family
In America we call these “apartments I can’t afford”
Kung Pao Pizza 😂😂 true
América Is not just USA you know Right ?
@ALS ALS The house that says "Fuck the poor".
@@haribol3833 What you say is true, however, immigrants tell people they are going to America, not the USA.
Melanie Clark Most immigrants call it Estados Unidos my friend
Hotel transylvania in real life
soooooooo true
Miklux j it would have to be in Romanian.
Ive been there, its crazy
Miklux j omg so true but hotel Transylvania is barley 100 years old...
If i get 500 likes till new year i will cry
I visited this castle often with my family when I was a child. It's funny how it has become so famous in the past few years!
This family can trace their lineage to the crusades. Awesome..truly amazing.
That's what you call "Old Money"
That money is downright geriatric!
Reminds me of when Chris Rock explained the difference between being rich n being wealthy.
Indeed
@do you like pizza? cuz I want a pizza dat ass that is why they are opening up their homes to the public. But these people are asset rich.
@do you like pizza? cuz I want a pizza dat ass Can you even abolish aristocracy? The wealthy still rule the world...
When you are living in that castle surrounded by mountains and forest, That's a fairy tale.
I wonder how many "Hectares" of forest land come with the castle to keep the hearth fires burning? Lotsa logs needed.
Hogwarts
Even more so if there are any wolves,bears and boars in the forest.
All I can think about is playing hide and seek in there🤤
As a German I highly recommend to do the guided tour inside the castle and visit the museum afterwards. There are hundreds of valuable treasures, weapons and medieval artifacts (including a 500 year old bed) which give you a glance into different time periods.😊
Now that's interesting, something we've managed not to destroy for centuries!
Judd Otto It wasn’t a target for allied bombs as its in the middle of nowhere.
@@abc123fhdi The good old Merican Peacebringer Allies destroyed Dresden, probably the most beautifull city in Europe. Definitly far better then NYC or other Skyscraper shit citys xD
@Frenchy War is terrible. Just like London, Warsaw or Berlin - Europe was rebuild on the ashes of our ancestors. It just saddens me that the allies are not just the heros who freed Europe and in particular Europe from facism but exapt for a few minor exaptions just interested in keeping their finances in check at any cost. The US didn't aid Europe, Britain still held its empire and the French their colonies while Russia continued to enslave the continent it just "freed" and wasn't much better under Stalin than Germany under Hitler exapt for the mass genocide of cause. Perhaps the other good thing the facists unintentionally created... The EU/NATO for peace and prosperity and the fall of the colonies. The world evolves in mysterious ways but I am glad to see that it changed for the better despite all of the old carnage.
@Frenchy America really didn't have any business in WW2 except for playing the world police as they always love to do. But everyone basically was a bad guy in this war. And sadly the bombing was very cruel and I am sad that many people, especially British who did this, don't really know of the extent. Big cities like Frankfurt were about 65% destroyed. I live near Frankfurt and it is very visible that almost every heritage was destroyed. And even near the little town I live in, they bombed for some reason. I recently visited the graveyard and an inscription told about many people dying because a tiny passenger train was bombed in the middle of a field between towns. Bombing still was very inaccurate around those times, but them just aiming for destruction was very cruel. There literally was nothing to be gained from bombing farming villages, yet my grandmother tells how often they had to hide in the basement.
Ositias you do realize we joined ww2 because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor before we were even involved. Saying that America had NO business in ww2 is quite ignorant.
A: "I live in muh daddy mansion, where do you live?"
B: "In a castle somewhere in Germany."
I'm glad they at least opened it up for the public
I love that they've retained their home. It's amazing
Pun fact: No one eltz lives there.
I appreciate a good pun. Thanks for the laugh. XD
I see what you did there
hmmm more like, a Pun Fact. XD
@iwhdbid josksjbx thiz iz bettur
Ha!
I would like to search those lands with my metal detector.
Was the name Donald Jung Un already taken?
@@johncuervo3019 Didn't try, but is that better then?
@@trumpjongun8831 that would just be a opinion.
This is random, but I like ur username and profile pic, name a more iconic duo! Lol 😆 🤣
@@zarahumayun7233 Lol. You're not the first one to say that :)
Beautiful! Like a fairy-tale castle. It's great of the family to share it with the world by opening it to public tours.
Now I need to convince my family to build a castle
“They don’t make them like they used to.”
I've been there, so tall and imposing when walking up to it and beautiful rooms inside. Started off as a moderate sized keep, and as the family grew in influence and split off into cadet branches each branch of the family added their own household building to the complex, Nowadays the Kempenich third of the castle is still private, but the Rübenach and Rodendorf sections are open to the public.
I'm so proud to those architectures who've plan to built that castle, also to the blood, sweat and efforts of all the workers spent many years just to make a fascinating and magnificent historical Attraction ❤️
Magical place that emerged amidst the clearing in the forest, sounds like a scene out of Tolkien’s books.
All the wars in Europe and all the wars that Germany has lost and this castle still remains standing. Must be a very lucky place !
No strategical importance
WW1 was not on German territory. Moreover there’s only one small rote to it and it is just a building.
@@HerrMurmeltier Ya know that Germany had more wars than just WW2 right? 30 years war, 7 years war, WW2, etc and those just are the major ones that I can think of
@@HerrMurmeltier who said anything about ww1? there's been quite a few more wars than just that one throughout the centuries
@@jannerantanen5121 That’s right but many people think of ww1 but it was not in old Germany
I can imagine how many ghosts must be roaming around in it.
Ghosts doesn't exist
Oh they do but I prefer not to talk about that. It gives me the shivers.
@@jennypack217 have u had an encounter?
Not personally thank goodness. My great grandma lived in a farmhouse. Everyday her mattress would flip her onto the floor. Also, a door in their kitchen would open at a certain time. Their dog would go berzerk and run into the wall.
@@jennypack217 that's a demon.not ghost
Short video with the perfect story and explanation....this is what i like....
Some UA-camrs might even make this video into 1 hour video.....
That closing shot is beautiful.
The Eltz's are so rich, they own like 4 castles, several mansions, and a town.
no one owns a town in Deutschland. and 4 castles doesn't mean you are rich anymore
@@olavwilhelm6843 do you own 4 castle?
@@aedaldaniel You could buy a castle in France for 1000€
@@aedaldaniel It's true, there's a person in Belarus who has 16 palaces and 3 castles, but his salary is only 4,500$. Therefore, wealth really does not depend on the number of castles.
I’ll start my own generation plus owning a castle! That’s a dream
Lol 🤣
"no one lives there full time"
"it's been their home for 850 years"
Pushing it a little I think.
Crusaders roaming Europe - Eltz Family lives in that castle
Rise and Fall of the Mongolian Empire - Eltz Family lives in that castle
Ocean Routes to America and India are discovered, Rise and Fall of the Inka and Aztecs - Eltz Family lives in that castle
The 30Years War devastates all of Europe - Eltz Family lives in that castle
steam power and industrialization change the face of the world - Eltz Family lives in that castle
French Revolution in Europe, civil war in North America - Eltz Family lives in that castle
mankind discovers electricity and flying with aeroplanes - Eltz Family lives in that castle
WW 1 and WW 2, the biggest desasters in human history, happen - Eltz Family lives in that castle
First man lands on the moon, computers change the face of the world forever - Eltz Family lives in that castle
Birth of the internet - Eltz Family lives in that castle
Just so you know.
you writing this post - Eltz don't live in that castle full time
@@leeccilee7605 Good One.
Honey, I no longer want to live in this house.
Why?
It takes too long to vacuum.
Oh, then let's move!
India was never discovered, it's the oldest civilization on earth,😂 ,they discovered route to India ,India had thousands of cuisines and spices when world was hunting and burning the meat to eat it,😂
@@user-iy9cj2ep9y you are right they were so much older but they literally didnt evolve to this day
That’s why I love Europe, they got the best architecture
*Quebec and some other French-parts of Canada* also have among the best architecture in the Americas.
Mexico is a distant second; everywhere else is shit!
European culture is the best.
@@callum7171 ..have of it European culture is stolen from other lands.
Safi Moss Cope.
@@Dasqal ..Cope??
Ive been there on a school trip, one kid got left behind when we were walking back to the coach. I also left my phone there in a toilet cubicle but got it back after they posted it back to england
@Flibbertigibbet6 lmao we found him dont worry
@Flibbertigibbet6 rip
How dumb is your class, mate? 😂
@@ItsNikoHIMself or how drunk? ^^
I’m American and sadly I live way too far away from any real castles
What a cool place to have Christmas!
Recently visited this place. The castle and the nature around it is just too good.
Crazy that it was never invaded or subject of war ! Every castle I know of and visited in France has a more tumultuous history. It is in such a great form !
France has been run over by pretty much everyone so makes sense
@@HoustonWadeCompton Yes but it was mostly by other French. Like in any country, the majority of wars are internal. Mostly 2 neighbours fighting for land.
That is really rare, even in Germany!
I was thinking they need to keep doing what ever they have been doing. They must be doing something right.
Not surprised at all because it sits that low in a valley completely surrounded by hillside. It would be a horrible position to defend thus negating any perceived benefit from taking a position in the structure.
Imagine how many ghosts living there 😬
It's probably like the british tv series Ghosts.
Zero
@@AMentorway4u ah, a literalist after my own heart 😆
I missed this channel. They consistently uploaded great videos
Wonderful castle views, excellent architecture really great thanks for sharing very informative video congratulations 👌