James has been here since June and it has
been a little over a month for me. It was about time we went to explore
life outside the gates.
Since we live here we didn’t pack too much
into our day. We spent the afternoon around and inside the Altes
Schloss. The castle had a wonderful temporary exhibit honoring Christoph
Duke of Württemberg. This marks the 500th anniversary from when he
became duke of the area.
Many of you probably haven’t even heard of
this guy. Don’t worry we hadn’t either till we went. His biggest claim
to fame was unifying the Protestant Reformation for this area. In school
I only ever learned about the Reformation going on in England so this
was very informative to me.
The exhibit mostly covered his time as Duke and his many contributions to the Reformation.
Also housed in the castle is the permanent
exhibit which chronicles the history of the area from the Stone Age to
the Roaring Twenties with beautiful artifacts.
Sadly no pictures were allowed inside.
There were beautiful relics of the monarchy and stain glass panels saved
from the bombings during World War II.
I would really recommend this as a stop to
anyone visiting the area. The audio guides offered even have a
children’s version which allows interaction within several sections of
the museum.
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