Burg Frankenstein = Castle Frankenstein

South of Darmstadt, up in a hill, sits the ruins of Burg Frankenstein.

Here is where Mary Shelly had the inspiration for her novel. I still don’t know how looking at these ruins inspired somebody to write Frankenstein, but she did.

There is not much left of the 750 years old castle, only some walls and stairs and tower, howeve,r still standing is a little chapel where now a day many people gets marry. Actually the day I was there, there was a wedding. I think it’s very nice to be marry in such a place.

The road up the hill is through the woods and 

once there, the views of the country side around it are very pretty with their green pastures and grey skies; it rains a lot in Germany.

Every year the castle hosts one of the biggest hallowing parties in Europe which seems very apropos.

A few decades ago they built a restaurant in the castle, however, it looks new and the bricks they used don’t match the original stones. To me, it looks out of place.

Still, it was great to walk through those ruins while remembering scenes from the book and the many pictures I have seen.