Castle am Rhine

This is a very old Schloss, although it was much bigger, only the tower is left. I went on a tour and there is a story that it is haunted by the ghost of the king that lived here. Evidently he threw a big party. Not just any party, this was probably the party of the century (300 years ago). It lasted 10 days and during this time, they had a fake 'war' dressing up and using real cannons firing to the other side of the Rhine which the castle overlooks. They also had many fireworks and I'm sure there was a clown or two. Anyway, as the story goes, the party put him over the edge with the bank and he had to sell everything and file bankruptcy. So, he went mad and locked himself in the tower of the castle for a week. He set fire to the furniture and threw it out the windows. Eventually, his wife took over ruling the land (resisting sexist comment here). But no one liked her and the people of the land wanted her gone. So, they cut holes in the roof and spied on her in bed. (Please bear in mind, I gathered the pieces of this story from a german tour guide, a person who spoke minimal English...I hope the translation is right...) So, still today there are documents of what the spies saw in the Queen's bed. They were hoping to find her with another man and then murder her for infidelity (crazy husband or not, she was still married)...turns out all she did in bed was sleep. But the people disliked her so much that they murdered her afterall. Then they turned the tower of the castle into a tourist trap and filled it with beautiful little model boats. It really is nice though.