Medieval Market in Kronberg
Hi Mommy,
yesterday, Anja took us to the medieval market in the castle in Kronberg.
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Kronberg's Town and Castle
Kronberg lies at the foot of the Taunus, flanked in the north and southwest by forests.
Also worthy of mention, besides the well preserved, compact Old Town with Kronberg Castle (or Burg Kronberg, with its keep, which is the town's oldest building) from the 13th to 16th centuries, are the Schloss Friedrichshof (a stately home built as a widow's residence for "Empress Frederick" and now home to the Schlosshotel Kronberg), the Recepturhof (Mainz Electorate's administration building), the town park, Saint John's Evangelical Church (Kirche St. Johann, 1440), the "Streitkirche" ("Dispute Church", 1758) and the "Hellhof", a noble seat built by the Kronberg Knights (first mentioned in 1424), nowadays partially converted into a gallery.
Since 28 June 1966, Kronberg has been a state-recognized spa town. |
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First, we went to pick up Anja's friend Laura, and we smelled the wonderful roses in her garden
Then we drove to Kronberg, which has a lovely old city center with many timber houses
and we soon found signs for the medieval market at the castle Kronberg
Have you noticed Anja's new dress?
She is very proud of it, and - in addition - people in medieval dress get free or discounted access to most medieval markets and fests.
We walked up to the castle, and soon we were there
From the castle walls, you have a beautiful view
This medieval knight was nice enough to have his picture taken with us
and this is "medieval lady" Anja
who had to fix her dress now and then
Within the castle, there was music, songs and medieval dances
and we met the loveliest little princess
and her grandmother (who had made the beautiful dresses herself)
Now, I also wanted a medieval dress! And Anja was glad to oblige
We wandered around the fairground, admiring a tent with weapons of the time
and doing some shopping and window shopping (or rather stall shopping )
After a wonderful and exciting day, we went home and slept like babies!
Hugs
Terry