Friday, June 10, 2011

Reinbek Castle


This beautiful castle, renovated during the early Eighties, was built in the 16th century. I had to visit an office at my birthplace, so I went there -- more than 1 hour by suburban train -- and later took a walk through the park and around the castle. It was completely empty, just one young mother pushing a pram, and a gardener cutting the hedges.
As this castle was built on a former cloister site, there is a large artificial lake near it; most cloisters had a lake or a pond nearby for the fish they ate on Fridays and during the fasting period.
Today, the castle can be rented for celebrations and congresses.

4 comments:

nandas said...

eva... glad you shared this...and how lucky for you to have the peace shared only with one gardener and a wonderful mother sharing this with her baby. its ust beautiful in the mind.

jude said...

i love old architecture. everything is so new here

Yael said...

How quiet and peaceful this place looks!! I would have loved to walk with you there Eva! I am glad you had this lovely Spaziergang!

Deborah said...

Lovely place. Your baby quilt is coming along nicely.