Ronneburg

Ronneburg Castle dating back to the 1300s was our destination today. We invited Mark and Liz Rencher to join us. Before Covid, they had a Medieval Festival around the castle and a Falconry exhibit. 

Dang Covid!

After paying a small entrance fee, we were able to do a self-tour and see how life might have been so many years ago. 

When this toilet cabinet was completely closed, it might have had a lace covering on top with a vase of flowers to disguise it as a simple chest. It could be found in the living room or bedroom. This provided a person to take care of personal business without a lot of effort. 

One of the highlights was the 96-meters (315 feet) deep well. It was fascinating to observe how long it took for a bucket-full of water to get to the bottom. We paid 50 cents to turn on spot lights so we could watch our bucketful of water splash in the deep, deep well. "Do it again," was the phrase of the day. 

We felt like little kids filling a few more bucket before the lights went out.

The white dot in the middle of the photo is the water at the bottom of the well.

A video on YouTube will have to do since we can't upload our video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBvwJVEZoY

The bucket in the well could be lowered and retrieved by a person walking on this wheel next to the well. 

Door within a door, which is called a "manhole".

Liz and Joanne climbed to the top of the tower for some amazing views of the countryside.

The small deer that are found in Germany are Roe Deer and their small horns have been collected and mounted for centuries.