MARKSBURG

Dining room with a medieval toilet [i.e. a hole in the wall, below left] and a narrow entrance to the chapel to allow the occupmants of the castle pray without the hindrance of soldiers with gigantic swords [below right].

   

Wine making in the castle

View from the castle

Battery with cannons and projectiles for defense

 

Plants for food, for medicine and for witchcraft [according to the sign, below]

...  and finally the Armoury.   Here are a few examples of the collection from different eras including 21st. That helmet was more than 10 lbs.

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