First of all, Kulmbach is a brand of beer. That is what the town is most famous for, I think, but we liked the castle, Plassenburg. It is huge and old. It dates from the 1100's but has been destroyed and rebuilt more than once so now it is a museum for Prussian military history and also houses the largest collection of toy tin figures ever. The Hohenzollerns ruled from here and it was besieged by Napoleon's brother in 1806.
This is one of the galleries on the second story around the courtyard.
We found some interesting things in the museum like a chair to torture witches, a beautiful upright harpsichord and the upstairs outhouse.
This evil thing has brackets for poles so the poor victim could be paraded through the town.
We could tell the place was old by the size of the doors.
This is one of the tiny dioramas of tin figures. These are Swiss guards and below is one of the many many battle scenes. They also had historic scenes from all over the world including American Indians. The museum claims it has over 300,000 tin figure toys. I believe it.
We enjoyed the town as much as the castle. Here is a view of the castle from the town and then part of the old town from the castle.
The town hall has four enormous beer barrels in front of it. In the old town center there are many old half timbered buildings and narrow streets. It is charming. We ended the day at the outdoor eiscafe...that is ice cream shop! Of course!
One last thing. I have seen this shoe store sign in other towns
but there is not one in Hof where we live. I think I would shop there just because of the name.
I want to shop at Schuhbidu, and I hope there's one with a neighboring sweets shop of some sort called "DuWah."
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