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Tourism in Germany: The Eltz Castle

DW’s Hannah Hummel asks the owner of the Eltz Castle about life at the back then and now.

medieval eltz castle on a hill in autumn forest wierschem germany
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Luxury, romance and a fairytale atmosphere — that’s how we imagine life at the medieval Eltz Castle. But what is it really like to live there? Spoiler: there are 80 rooms, all of which require a little maintenance.

DW’s Hannah Hummel asks owner Jakob Graf zu Eltz about life at the castle back then and now. The castle resident has even set up his home office there. Is that something for you, too?

The Eltz Castle

My Takeaways

I visited the Eltz Castle a few years ago when I lived closer to it (Bonn). Growing up in South America, we have a fascination for castles. Then you visit one, and you realize that life (even for nobles) was tough: sometimes we romanticize the past, and we take for granted some conveniences of our modern lives.

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP and lecturer of Project Management for UX at the M.Sc. Usability Engineering at the Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences .

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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