Whenever I wonder if I'll ever be able to afford a house in San Francisco (motto: If you could afford to live here, you wouldn't), my mind wanders to a web site I found long ago while idly searching the web. It's for Die Tannenburg (aka, Schloss Tannenburg or Burg Tannenburg, which means either Castle Tannenburg or Fort Tannenburg, though I like the idea of having a castle in the family rather than a fort), a bed and breakfast in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.As you can see from these photos I nabbed, it's a wonderful old building in beautiful countryside. Originally constructed either 800 or 900 years ago, the castle was purchased in 1931 by Ernst Zipperer. I have no idea if I'm related to the Zipperer family that still owns the castle; though one part of my family did come from Baden-Württemberg, Zipperer is a very German name and not at all uncommon there.
Anyway, Schloss Zipperer aka Tannenburg is a place I'd like to visit sometime. If you're interested, visit its web site.
There's more history on Burg Tannenburg here in English and here in German. Here's what German-language Wikipedia has to say.
6 comments:
hey, im from germany,the castle called die tannenburg is from my uncle, he is the owner of it (Ernst Zipperer) My mother is his sister. i just found your article about it and i thought if you want to knOW something about this castle, you can ask me :D
Thanks! Great to hear from you.
Hello John,
I'm Atrin's cousin and my Father owns the castle.
Come and visit our place!
IT's lovley!!!!!!!
Till
I'd love to visit it if I get over to Germany again. Thanks!
I have a wonderful etching of Ulm Germany that was created by Ernst Zipperer. It seems to be an original. It is the city with the cathedral in the back ground. I have been doing a lot of research, but haven't found any like it. Do you know of anyone I can contact to get more information on his work? Thank you very much.
Jerry and Vivian
Jerry:
Thanks for the comment. I don't know the answer, but you might want to contact the person who posted the first comment on this post; he is Ernt's nephew. I believe his email address is the name he used in his comment above.
Thanks.
John Z.
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