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Subject:Re: Wolfsburg Castle
From:Chuck Hill
Date:Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:20:54 -0600

Chuck Hill wrote:
>
> Barrett said:
>         Does anyone know where the "castle" depicted on the wolfsburg badges
> can be seen? Does it still
> exist?
>
> I used to live in Wolfsburg, and the castle really is there.  When I
> visited two years ago, it was in use for social occasions.  I think it
> may still belong to the family, but I'm not sure about that.  The fellow
> who owned it was one of those who was in on an attempted assassination
> of Hitler, and things went badly after that failed.  You can see it at:
>
> http://www.wolfsburg-tourist.de/Schloesser/Schloss_Wolfsburg1/schloss_wolfsburg1.html
>
> It doesn't look quite like the stylized version on the emblem, as you
> can see, but this is the real thing.
>
> If you go to the link, check out the sights.  I really liked living
> there.
>
> Chuck Hill

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