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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

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German Halloween
This summer my partner, Kevin, joined my daughter and I in Germany. Since he had never been to Germany before, and because I have a strange sense of humor, AND because Frankenstein was my daughter’s favorite book when she was younger, we decided to take him straight from the Frankfurt Airport to the Frankenstein Castle. […]
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A Visit to Seiffen Germany- Germany’s Spielzeugdorf

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Story- An 800 Year Mystery Wrapped in a Fairy Tale

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Book and Movie Reviews
While visiting Germany many years ago I had to visit the town of Hamelin. You see, when I was growing up, one of my favorite records had the Rattenfänger von Hamelin story… the Pied Piper of Hamelin Story. As a child, the idea of all those kids being snatched up because the town fathers didn’t […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

What is the Loreley? The Legend, the Song, and How to See It…

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German legends
You are cruising down the Middle Rhine admiring the castles towering over vineyards and small villages when suddenly near Sankt Goarhausen,  the whole ship breaks into song in front of a rock cliff.  You’ve reached the Loreley. But WHAT is the Lorelei? It’s not just a pile of rocks, it is a place of song and […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

What Is Walpurgisnacht? And How did An English Nun Become Associated with Witches?

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German Halloween
Legends and traditions about Witches are quite common in Germany… think about all the Fairy Tales you’ve ever heard, isn’t there always a witch? So, of course, there is a night called Walpurgisnacht or Hexennacht (Witches’ Night), a sort of second Halloween. But … What is Walpurgisnacht (pronounced Val-purr-gess-nach-t)? When is it celebrated? Why is […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

Krampus in German Folklore – What IS Krampus?

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German Christmas Traditions
I grew up the child of Northern German parents, so I didn’t learn about Krampus until I was much older. In my world, Knecht Ruprecht was St Nicholas’s sidekick, and Krampus lived in Bavaria and Austria. But now, because of movies and popular culture… as well as annual Krampus Runs… the myth of Krampus is […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

Germany Land of Legend and Real Fairy Tale Locations

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German legends
  Germany is a land of legends and real Fairy Tale locations, and the most amazing thing is that you actually can visit these places! Ancient forests, Castles with high towers, wide open fields, and Statues. Imagine, visiting an enchanted castle where Sleeping Beauty waited for her prince, or wandering the forest where Little Red Riding […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

The Tale of Kunigunde von Kynast- a Silesian Folk Tale

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German legends
Love this story I got from Paul Von Stache. It’s a fairy tale or folk story from Silesia (Schelsien). I had never heard it before. It sounds like an original Grimm tale, and definitely not a Disney-Happy-Ending-with-singing-Animals Story. The tale is about Kunigunde von Kynast. It took place in Kynast Castle (a/k/a Burg Kynast) in […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

The Elves of Cologne -The story of the Helpful little Heinzelmännchen of Köln

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Book and Movie Reviews
One of the dioramas on the fountain showing the Heinzelmännchen doing work Once upon a time, so the legend goes, the city of Cologne was helped along by a little race of creatures called Heinzelmännchen. It began simply enough… when the humans went to bed, the Heinzelmännchen came along and finished up all the work that […]
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Castle Frankenstein in Germany- A Castle Swirled in Mystery and Legend

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