However, it wasn’t too long before the castle had to go back to its original purpose, reworked into a fortress for fear of a peasant upheaval in the area. The castle became a building typical of the renaissance era and was used as a permanent private residence for quite some time. The castle continued to thrive for the next few centuries, to the point that it was actually expanded in 1584, becoming a much larger structure with two stories. The castle managed to overcome some dark times, and to this day, it is still possible to admire the remains of the castle’s gothic aesthetics, which can still be seen through its southern side. This wasn’t exactly an easy time to be in Europe, which was actually a theatre of many disputes and conflicts, not to mention other catastrophic events like the black death. The castle has a very long and deeply rooted history, which dates back to the 1200s.
Therefore, the identity of the site and its surroundings shall remain a guarded secret: it’s not my place to spoil such a wonderfully intimate experience, but it’s my mission to tell a story, for the sake of the many places just like this castle, which can be found all over Europe. This place is so intensely interesting and unique that it feels wrong to divulge so much about it. Still, the premises are incredibly fascinating, sparking curiosity and many questions concerning the place’s rich and sadly forgotten history. One can’t help but mentally wander off into such feelings when checking a certain German castle that has been abandoned for quite some time now. Marveling at what the spoils of a long-lost past are still hiding, and perhaps trying to picture how the settings would have looked like at the very prime of a location’s “lifespan”. There is something quite special about venturing into an abandoned place.
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