Fairy Tale Castles Fairy Tale Castles

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LEGEND 1. Marksburg Castle 2. Sterrenberg and Liebenstein Castles 2 3. Mouse Castle 4. Katz Castle 5. Burg Stahleck Castle 3 6. Rheinstein Castle 7. Mice Tower 4

6 In one part of Germany, almost every hill has a castle. Can you believe it? 7 Or does this sound like a fairy tale?

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there were many, many castles. many many, were there with this one? this with

So castles. in lived who queens and Do you know a fairy tale that could go go could that tale fairy a know you Do

castle. In fact, there were many kings kings many were there fact, In castle. There are so many castles in Germany. Germany. in castles many so are There

beautiful a in lived queen and king

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle Pfalzgrafenstein

Once upon a time, long, long ago, a a ago, long long, time, a upon Once

Rheinstein Castle Rheinstein Marksburg Castle

This castle has everything! It has suits of armour. And it has a kitchen big Mice Tower enough to cook an ox! You can go inside and tour this castle. 4 13

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see some of these castles. these of some see these people wanted their own castles. own their wanted people these

Let’s take a trip on the Rhine River and and River Rhine the on trip a take Let’s had its own knights and lords. And all all And lords. and knights own its had

princes, and princesses. Each state also also state Each princesses. and princes,

Each state had its own king, queen, queen, king, own its had state Each

Reichsburg Cochem Castle Cochem Reichsburg

were many different little states. little different many were

was not one large nation. Instead, there there Instead, nation. large one not was

Germany ago, Long together? close

so built castles many so were Why Castles of the of Castles Katz Castle

A little farther up the river, you’ll find the “Cat” and “Mouse” castles. The Burg Stahleck Castle “Cat” castle was owned by the Count of Katzenelnbogen (Katz, for short). 6 11

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the Prince might have done. have might Prince the why his castle is called the Mice Tower. Mice the called is castle his why

beautiful ballrooms, as Cinderella and and Cinderella as ballrooms, beautiful he was eaten by mice. Maybe that’s that’s Maybe mice. by eaten was he

down long ago. And you can dance in in dance can you And ago. long down was locked up in this tower. Some say say Some tower. this in up locked was

down the same halls that knights walked walked knights that halls same the down There’s a story that a very mean man man mean very a that story a There’s

In Germany’s castles you can walk walk can you castles Germany’s In

River.

Inside of Bamberg Castle Bamberg of Inside This tower is on an island in the Rhine Rhine the in island an on is tower This

room here to let down her golden hair. hair. golden her down let to here room

tower like this. She would have lots of of lots have would She this. like tower

Rapunzel? She was locked up in a a in up locked was She Rapunzel? Do you remember the story of of story the remember you Do Sterrenberg and Liebenstein Castles Two brothers owned these two castles. They argued so much that they built a Both castles are almost gone. But the big wall between their two homes. story of the two brothers lives on. 8 9

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“Mouse” castle. “Mouse” castle.

the count gave that castle the nickname nickname the castle that gave count the nights making gold for the owner of a a of owner the for gold making nights

so smaller, much was castle neighbour’s turn straw into gold. He worked many many worked He gold. into straw turn

The count didn’t like his neighbour. The The neighbour. his like didn’t count The “Rumpelstiltskin”? Rumpelstiltskin could could Rumpelstiltskin “Rumpelstiltskin”?

called tale fairy the know you Do

Mouse Castle Mouse

in one of these towers. these of one in

gold his counted he Maybe rich. very

Count of Stahleck. He must have been been have must He Stahleck. of Count This castle was once owned by the the by owned once was castle This