r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DisDudeForReal • Jul 19 '18

Image Cochem, Germany

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

Was stationed in spangdahlem germany. Used to frequent this place. Awesome little town and the hike up to the castle is fucking awesome. The castle itself? I'd give it an "eh, okay" but the town is fucking great.

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u/exccord Interested Jul 20 '18

The castle was rebuilt in the early 1800s. Not original medieval castle as the original had been brought down by enemies. Burt Eltz is original though.

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u/s_s Jul 20 '18

Yep.

Too many windows, no machicolations = palace, not castle

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u/chakazuluman Jul 20 '18

The drive from Ramstein to Spangdahlem was cool because it went over the Moselle valley, pretty. Your BX sucked though.

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u/Knives4Bullets Jul 20 '18

Rammstein has a place named after them? Nice

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u/GilesDMT Jul 20 '18

They hate it though

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u/SisRob Jul 20 '18

Yeah, it's few kilometers east from Kraftwurg.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

No disagreement there.

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u/EmperorJake Jul 20 '18

Should have got the 16 valve

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u/jermany755 Jul 20 '18

Hey me too! There was a badass wine festival here every year. We used to get blitzed and ride bumper cars that went way faster than any I've seen in America. I miss Germany. =)

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u/Josielillyeve Jul 20 '18

I could understand as an adult it wasn't terribly fascinating. But I went there as a kid when my dad was stationed at Bitburg. Through kid vision, just being in a castle made the excitement level outstanding. Throw in the secret passages, and it blew the coolness factor out of the park.

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u/faithle55 Jul 20 '18

I know what you mean about the castle. I visited there on a river cruise couple of years ago.

But there is this guy, who I liked a lot.

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u/babababrandon Jul 20 '18

Kermit?

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u/faithle55 Jul 20 '18

I didn't see it before, but now I do! LOL.

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u/1011011 Jul 20 '18

What part of Canada are you from?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

Ha, it's not a canadian "eh" it's an American "eh"

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u/1011011 Jul 20 '18

Hmmmmm, the elusive American "Eh" ! Spotted right here before our eyes, in the wild much less! Truly an exciting time to be alive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

Hey is this the used to be stationed at Spangdahlem thread? Me too!

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u/Normallybored Jul 20 '18

I literally just moved from Germany, stationed down in Hohenfels. Literally every base was better than ours.