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3 unusual facts about Burg Meersburg


Burg Meersburg

Karl Mayer von Mayerfels from Munich bought the castle and established a Medieval Museum in the castle.

The Crow-stepped gable (a stepped roof line instead of a smooth roof line) on the tower was added by the Constance Prince-Bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg (Served 1496–1532).

It appears that the Guelphs and the Bishporic had close ties, as Bishop Conrad was of Guelph descent.



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