Ellingen

In our continuing quest to fill our “Castles of Bavaria” poster with little blue dots, we travelled north to the relatively unknown small town of Ellingen. It boasts a rather magnificent Late Baroque Residenz, with associated brewery, and not much else.

From 1216 to 1789 it was the seat of the Commanders of the Teutonic Order in Franconia, hence the proliferation of Maltese crosses and nasty looking armaments.

The highlight of our visit was the guided tour given by a young year 12 student. On finding that we were the only ones booked in for the tour, he offered to proceed in what he very modestly described as his limited English. The tour was thoroughly enjoyable as he appeared to enjoy himself as well. We were given access to all areas, including (shock, horror !!) being allowed to walk outside the defined pedestrian areas. We felt rather anarchic.

After the tour, we retired to the (ubiquitous) attached biergarten for a pleasant combination of local Franconian wines and a relatively light lunch.

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