It’s more of a palace actually than a castle, tbh. Tourists are always disappointed when they want to see a medieval defensive structure and then get to see this.
Idk the exact differentiation between a palace and a castle in English tbph, but the German languages does make one regarding the two(*):
A castle (Burg in German) is a medieval defensive structure build to defend from hostile invaders and can hold out for quite a long time on its own; a castle usually doesn’t have much decorations apart from house/dynasty banners and knights armour and are usually not very fancy but rather puritan;
a palace (Palast or Schloss in German) meanwhile is a building built later on, I think from the 17th (?), 18th century onward and is meant to showcase a ruler’s might by being excessively magnificent and full of decorations such as the likes of gold dusted Corinthian columns, velvet-covered chairs, and massive chandeliers.
So there you go. Please don’t be disappointed if it’s different from your expectations. If you wanna see a real *Burg* though, there’s plenty of those left in Germany, too, i.e. Hohenzollern Castle, Wartburg Castle, Cochem Castle.
(*) Some palaces started out as castles, and since some got turned into palaces later on, the naming is sometimes unclear in German itself it seems. But the aforementioned naming convention does exist.
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It’s more of a palace actually than a castle, tbh. Tourists are always disappointed when they want to see a medieval defensive structure and then get to see this.
Idk the exact differentiation between a palace and a castle in English tbph, but the German languages does make one regarding the two(*):
A castle (Burg in German) is a medieval defensive structure build to defend from hostile invaders and can hold out for quite a long time on its own; a castle usually doesn’t have much decorations apart from house/dynasty banners and knights armour and are usually not very fancy but rather puritan;
a palace (Palast or Schloss in German) meanwhile is a building built later on, I think from the 17th (?), 18th century onward and is meant to showcase a ruler’s might by being excessively magnificent and full of decorations such as the likes of gold dusted Corinthian columns, velvet-covered chairs, and massive chandeliers.
So there you go. Please don’t be disappointed if it’s different from your expectations. If you wanna see a real *Burg* though, there’s plenty of those left in Germany, too, i.e. Hohenzollern Castle, Wartburg Castle, Cochem Castle.
(*) Some palaces started out as castles, and since some got turned into palaces later on, the naming is sometimes unclear in German itself it seems. But the aforementioned naming convention does exist.