[The Patriot]

Klingenmünster: German castle makes a great playground

04-10-2011 09:00 PM

Gangs of children roamed the ruins of Germany’s Landeck Castle, climbing its stairwells with wooden swords in hand to slay imaginary foes. Their shrieks, echoing off the walls, gave the grounds a playgroundlike atmosphere, and indeed there are few trappings at the structure near Klingenmünster, Germany, that would mark it as a formal tourist site. Entrance is free, there are no carts hawking sweets and no souvenir shops selling medieval-themed baubles — just a rack of postcards by the restaurant cash register and lots of space to explore and relax.


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