Meersburg - Altes Schloss

In the upper town in Meersburg stands the oldest inhabited castle in Germany, the Altes Schloss or Meersburg, which has a history going back to the seventh century. Its four round towers date from 1508. From 1526 until the completion of the Neues Schloss in 1750 it was the residence of the Bishops of Konstanz. In 1838 it became the property of Freiherr Joseph von Lassberg, brother-in-law of the poetess Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, who lived here from 1841 until her death in 1848. The Schloss has fine state apartments, a collection of weapons, and the Droste Room.