Castle Frankenstein located near Darmstadt, Germany dates back to the 13th century, and was acquired by the counts of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1662. Mary Shelley probably adopted the name for her novel Frankenstein; before writing the story she had travelled through the region and visited Eberstadt (today a borough of Darmstadt), so the castle could have given her the inspiration.
Castle Frankenstein is where Johann Conrad Dippel (1673-1734) published many theological works under the name Christianus Democritus, most of them are still preserved. He invented the color "Preussisch Blau" (also "Berliner Blau"), and sold a self-mixed life elixier. He led a very adventurous life, and often got into trouble because of his disputed opinions (and because of money).
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While attending the EUCOM QM School in Darmstadt in 1949 I went to visit the Frankenstein Castle. Funny how people chanage history. The guides and books of that time said that the castle owner went to Africa on hunting trips and brought back wild animals and placed them in a pit in the courtyard, which you could see. He dumped the peasents that did not pay their fair share of taxes into the pit. Also at this time there were many people digging on the hill side in search of a burried treasure.
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Posted by: christian louboutin | October 30, 2010 at 02:40 AM
After watching the movie Frankenstein I went to the original castle in Germany, which is supposedly the one that gave Shelley the inspiration, I still can’t enter even though I know it was just a story and now has inhabitants trying to make a profit from the eerie landmark
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