first sneak peak of glücksburg castle. glücksburg is a small town ( germany's most northern ) and is situated on the south side of the flensburg firth , which basically forms the border to denmark. the most important attraction of glücksburg is its castle, which they call the 'cradle of european royalty', as many kings, queens, princes & princesses have had their origins here or were/are connected to it in some way or another. even the modern royal dynasties of europe are connected to this little place in the far north of germany. for more background on that you should check out this article on the official website of the castle, because it is far too complicated for me to explain it better to you :p the castle itself is a moated castle that's based on remnants of a former monastery that existed on the area before the erection of the building you can see now. the lake wasn't there initially, but it was built artificially & flooded with the water o...
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