Wartburg Castle blends superbly into its forest surroundings and is in many ways 'the ideal castle'. Although it has retained some original sections from the feudal period, the form it acquired during ...

Shoot an arrow in Germany, and more often than not, you’ll hit a castle. It may sound preposterous given the country’s reputation for method and organization, but we still don’t know how many castles ...

Comments: "This picture was taken in Eisenach, Germany of the Wartburg Castle. The Wartburg Castle was built in 1067. Following the Diet of Worms in April of 1521, Martin Luther was declared an outlaw ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Courier correspondent Jody Ferres is also a student at Wartburg College. She is part of the group studying in Germany during May term. While there, Ferres intends to file reports about ...

Martin Luther — a pious monk and fiery orator who became the “Great Reformer” — came from a humble, pastoral corner of Germany’s heartland. It’s a land of half-timbered villages, rolling hills and ...

Germany is home to tens of thousands of castles, including one that is recognized the world over: Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for some of Disney's fairytale castles. The new National Geographic ...