And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Moritzburg started as a fortified hunting lodge in 1541, hence the “burg” (fortified structure or defensive castle) in its name. As (a lot of) time went on it was transformed into a more comfortable structure, hence its current name in German, Schloss (palace) Moritzburg. The “burg” part of the name probably retained because of historical usage.
In English we tend to call all those big structures “castles,” although some are forts (Burgs) and some are palaces (Schlösser). Except that when a Burg is transformed into a Schloss the old name is often kept, so it gets muddled in German as well.
Not a blade of grass dares be crooked.
ReplyDeletelooks like a lot of blades of grass aren't even there much less crooked.
DeleteIs that one of those Mad King Ludwig castles?
ReplyDeleteAmazing that they weren't destroyed in ww2.
-lg
No, Mad King Ludwig came much later. Moritzburg originated in 1541; Ludwig didn’t start building castles until 1868.
DeleteWhen you're really serious about "Get off my lawn!"
ReplyDeleteGives the feeling of 'to be admired from afar'. I don't imagine much stranger foot traffic occurs at their front door.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how tall the wall is around the castle?
ReplyDeleteLook closer.
DeleteThere is no wall.
That's a post-warfare "castle".
But the approach to either iron gate is through water about 20' deep.
Moritzburg started as a fortified hunting lodge in 1541, hence the “burg” (fortified structure or defensive castle) in its name. As (a lot of) time went on it was transformed into a more comfortable structure, hence its current name in German, Schloss (palace) Moritzburg. The “burg” part of the name probably retained because of historical usage.
DeleteIn English we tend to call all those big structures “castles,” although some are forts (Burgs) and some are palaces (Schlösser). Except that when a Burg is transformed into a Schloss the old name is often kept, so it gets muddled in German as well.
Fight for this.
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