#hohenzollern
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H.I.R.M. Empress Auguste Viktoria of Germany, Queen of Prussia, née Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921)
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The wife of some Hohenzollern Markgrave, irritated by the city life: What is this? A haunted hill? Cursed, more than a millennium ago, so that no one can live on it? I absolutely must build a castle here!
The resident mountain ghost: Ah bollocks, not again. Hertha, where is my monk outfit?
Some 17th century villagers who were smart enough to head the warnings and just settle on the side of the hill: Wait, so they tried to build a castle AGAIN? And it’s haunted AGAIN? Incredible. So anyway, where’s my plow?
Sometime in the early years AD this local hill was supposedly a holy site with holy forests, and while it would be fine to build settlements on the side of the hill, no human settlement constructed on top of it would ever last. Of course the Hohenzollerns did not have time for local legends and proceeded to place a castle square on the peak of the hill, partially because dear Erdmuthe of Saxony thought herself connected to the site due to her first name containing the word “Erd”/”Earth”. In just a few months the castle apparently began being frequented by the hill’s mountain ghost, another relict from the previous millennium, who is said to have donned a monk cape for this occasion and succeeded in driving the local court out of their castle in the course of a few years. The local villagers were simply very confused about why people continued trying to settle on the hill and proceeded to enthusiastically gossip about the ordeal, enjoying their peace and quiet on the hillside.
The wife of some Hohenzollern Markgrave, irritated by the city life: What is this? A haunted hill? Cursed, more than a millennium ago, so that no one can live on it? I absolutely must build a castle here!
The resident mountain ghost: Ah bollocks, not again. Hertha, where is my monk outfit?
Some 17th century villagers who were smart enough to head the warnings and just settle on the side of the hill: Wait, so they tried to build a castle AGAIN? And it’s haunted AGAIN? Incredible. So anyway, where’s my plow?
Charlottenburg Palace(German:Schloss Charlottenburg) is the largest palace in Berlin,Germany, and the only surviving royal residence in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family. It is located in the Charlottenburg district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Princess Consort Josephine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1896.
My paternal grandmother is from Sigmaringen!!
Prince Heinrich and Princess Irene of Prussi (neé of Hesse ), with their eldest son, Waldemar. 1892
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