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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