That's how the old nobility fared

When the wind blows through the Knights’ Hall in Hohenbaden Old Castle, not far from the spa town of Baden-Baden, the nylon strings of the world’s largest wind harp vibrate and notes are sounded. Harp-maker Rüdiger Oppermann built the instrument in 1999. The Margraves of Baden ruled their lands from Hohenbaden Old Castle. The noble house, first mentioned 900 years ago, had its seat here in the Middle Ages, and named themselves after the region. Today the spectacular ruins are open to hikers and visitors.

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The Fürstenberg family’s roots can be traced back to the year 1070. Today their descendants live in Donaueschingen Palace, where Prince Joseph Wendel zu Fürstenberg received Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself in 1763. If you would like to see where they met for yourself, you will learn everything worth knowing about the over 300-year-old residence on a guided tour. And incidentally, Fürstenberg beer was originally made by this noble family, but the brewery was taken over by Heineken in 2004. 

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The imperial Hohenzollern family has existed for almost 1,000 years. In addition to the family seat, Hohenzollern Castle near Bisingen, the noble family built other remarkable anchor points in the South, for example Sigmaringen Castle; you can wander through its residential rooms and admire them. The Hohenzollerns divided into two lines: the Prussian royal family and the princely Swabian family. 

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