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Published: February 8th 2023
Lichtenstein Castle
Lichtenstein Castle was built in the mid 19th century. Reutlingen and Kassel
We have in more than one of the previous blog entries from this summer in Germany mentioned that we deliberately tried to avoid visiting castles and palaces. Still we have already published a bunch of pictures of castles and palaces, so you might argue that we have failed here. In this blog entry we have to admit that we have more than failed in this regard. It leans more towards a total fiasco since the blog starts with a castle on a hill outside Reutlingen and almost half of the pictures come from when we visited a palace garden in Kassel.
Lichtenstein Castle Lichtenstein Castle was built in the mid 19th century. It is dramatically perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking a valley below. The altitude difference between the bottom of the valley and the castle is about 250 meters so it was a bit of a climb for us to get up. But it was worth the effort because the views and the setting of the palace is quite spectacular.
Spreuerhofstraße The street
Spreuerhofstraße in Reutlingen is claimed to be the narrowest street in
Lichtenstein Castle
Lichtenstein Castle is dramatically perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking a valley below. the world. It is so narrow that we had to walk sideways to get through parts of it. We wonder how often the local fire department has to go there to help overweight people who get stuck trying to get through.
Bad Urach Bad Urach is a small town near Reutlingen. Just like many (most? all?) towns with the word "Bad" in the name they have a spa there. We didn't visit the spa, but it probably is a nice one. We were there to go for a hike in an area just outside the town. The area is called Rutschen and is popular among hikers thanks to the natural beauty, dramatic cliffs and great views.
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a spectacular palace garden around Castle Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel. We have over the years seen many palace gardens, but we have never seen anything like this before.
In other elaborate palace gardens they tend to focus very much on landscaping. The lawns are kept neat and tidy, the trails through the parks are in perfect condition and there are carefully manicured trees and bushes everywhere. In Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe the
Dwarf statue
Far less impressive than the dwarf garden in Mirabell Palace in Salzburg... landscaping was kept rather low key. Instead of well-tended grass, flowers and trees the main feature of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a system of canals, waterfalls and fountains.
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is covering the better part of a side of a large hill. This fact makes the park visible from the town. When seen from Kassel the park sort of serves as a backdrop to the castle. Therefor the splendour of the park is on permanent display to the town's residents.
The canals, waterfalls and fountains in Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe are used for a water show. The water show starts at the top of the hill. Water stored in a large tank there is emptied into the system of connecting canals and fountains. First the water cascades down a long sloping set of small waterfalls. From there it continues down via artificial waterfalls, canals, a fake aqueduct and finally ends up spurting out of a fountain in the lower part of the hill.
Most weeks in summer the water features of the park are only displayed twice a week and the water show lasts only for little over an hour. So if you want to see it you
Flowers and a bumblebee
Bumblebees are cute, aren't they? need to time your visit to coincide with the water show.
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Lorraine Brecht
Agree but not too close ;o)