Im Wiesenring 38: Scholss Mespelbrunn im Spessart. This plac existed before America was discovered.e

I wish everyone I knew lived in this castle with me.

Todays trip was the the Mespelbrunn castle. Oh, it was so beautiful, even though it was overcast.
This castle was built in
History thanks to Wikipedia:
"The first precursor of Mespelbrunn Castle was a simple house. The owner was Hamann Echter, vizedom of Aschaffenburg, a title which means that he was the representant of the ruler the prince elector archbishop of Mainz Johann II of Nassau at the castle and town of Aschaffenburg. On May 1, 1412, the prince elector bestowed the „Place to the Espelborn" to Echter, who constructed a house without fortifications in the valley close to a pond. The Echter family originates from the Odenwald region. Their name presumably means "der die Acht vollstreckt", the executor of the ostracism. These times, the Spessart was a wild and unexploited virgin forest, used for hideout by bandits and Hussites, who spoiled the regions nearby. Therefore in 1427 Hamann Echter, the son of the first owner, began to rebuild his father's house to a fortified castle with walls, towers and a moat, therefore using the nearby pond."

And to this day, the same family still lives there. It's really amazing. The rooms, in which they allow no photography, are filled with everything from the origin of the castle. It was overwhelmingly beautiful. Hundreds of years of history right there.

Mom reluctanty turning to face the camera.

The Gardens are in back, but kept private by the family.

This was the entrance within the courtyard. The carving(detail below) is of the original duke and Duchess of the castle upon completing the building in 1569. All of the mergin family crests are there on the sides.