In the Swabian Jura region of southern Germany, there is a privately held Gothic Revival castle called Lichtenstein Castle. Its moniker, shining stone or bright stone, refers to its Carl Alexander Heideloff-designed aesthetic. The castle has a view of the Echaz valley, which is close to Honau in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. The 1840–1842 construction of the present castle was motivated by the 1826 novel Lichtenstein by Wilhelm Hauff. A couple of hundred metres away are the remnants of an ol ... (Read More)