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After a long and exhausting walk to the top of the alp Zoller we've finally reached it

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There are several windings and gates to walk trough before we get to the level of the bastions

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The view from one of the bastions

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There are some big bronze-guys to look at here, I've confused the order image

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The Margrafe Tower

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Next two pics show Hechingen

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The inner ward

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The catholic St.Michaels Chapel, the only remaining building from the second castle

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From left to right:

Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Wilhelm II. von Preussen

Carl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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That's Jos Niklas, he build the second castle after the first one was destroyed in 1423

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It wasn't allowed to take pics from the inner rooms, I took the following pics underhand in the treasure room:


The beautiful Queen Luise wore this when she met Napoleon, she was very petite

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Friedrich III. in front of a dead French General in the Franco-Prussian war

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The chain of the Black-Eagle-Order

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A Prussian Eagle

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A room in the cellar where they stored some busts, dang I could swear I've seen one of these guys on coins before

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A secret passage, part of the second castle

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A casemate, part of the second castle as well, it was filled up with rubbish for hundreds of years, before they rediscovered it a few years ago

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Where did I see this scene before ?

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A stone plate in St.Michaels chapel with the engraved names of the of the survivors of the over one year lasting liege in 1423

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THe inner of the chapel

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They finally found a place for one bust at least

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Then the accu was dead

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