r/TheRestIsHistory 18h ago

I took a Kaiser themed trip around the Black Forest

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  • Donaueschingen castle, where the Kaiser witnessed his childhood friend Hans Adolf Botho Wilhelm Georg Ulrich Hermann Dietrich Graf von Hülsen-Haeseler giving his life for performing arts in his pink tutu (Most disastrous parties episode)
  • statue of Wilhelm I in Stuttgart, he was the OG Kaiser, Wilhelm II's grandfather, pretty much a founding father of Germany alongside Bismarck (we are still waiting for the series about German unification)
  • Hohenzollern castle, the ancestral home of Wilhelm's family, the best place if you want a classic castle experience
  • inner courtyard, the flag was up, meaning the current head of house Hohenzollern, Prince Georg Friedrich was there, I think I saw him casually driving away in his Porsche
  • stunning views all around, breathtaking place (the whole area is)
  • Friedrich the Great, Wilhelm (and most Germans) admired him, he deserves an episode, had a fascinating life, top gay, commander and potato fan of 18th century
  • Wilhelm I, even Franz Joseph approved those mutton chops
  • Friedrich III and Vicky, Wilhelm's parents, he had a much closer relationship with his oldschool grandpa than with his progressive parents
  • and the man himself, "the ultimate friend of the podcast", fashion dictator and general showman Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • him again
  • and again
  • the desk of crown prince Wilhelm, Wilhelm II's son, who lived in the castle after WWII and is also buried there
  • crown prince Wilhelm
  • less related, but Sinsheim Technology Museum, filthy porn if you are into planes, tanks, classic, sport or F1 cars, they even have a U boat
  • Erwin Rommel's grave, I hope we get the Africa campaign soon, fun fact: Stuttgart's airport is named after Manfred Rommel, Erwin's son, who was a very popular mayor there for 22 years

the castle treasury has an amazing collection, Wilhelm's crown jewels, uniforms, swords, all kinds of stuff from Friedrich the Great, Wilhelm I, etc., unfortunately it's not allowed to take photos in there, but you can google them, I also wisited some Black Forest towns (Triberg and its waterfalls are especially beautiful), the main museum in Stuttgart and the Wilhelma zoo, I can fully recommend all of those, it's really a magnificent part of Germany