While there are plenty of other pictureque castles in the world nothing quite matches
Hohenllern Castle's
majesty and story-book architecture. This wonder is the work of
Friedrich August Stuler, a student of
Karl Friedrich Schinkel's
Classical school, who built the castle in a
Gothic revival style and as a monument to the
German Romanticism movement - both homages to Middle Age simplicity. Built in 1867 atop
Mount Hohenzollern (50 km south of
Stuttgart,
Germany,
Hohenzollern Castle was rarely occupied, by that family that bears it's namesake, and used primarily as a show castle. Since 1952,
Hohenzollern Castle has housed many collections from the
Hohenzollern family including the
Crown of Wilhelm II, Frederick the Great's uniform and a letter from George Washington and serves as the burial ground for Friedrich Hayek and several royal Prussians.
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