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(Place) Frankenstein Castle

Frankenstein Castle
Domenico Quaglio the Younger (1787–1837)
  • Coat of arms/Flag
  • General Alignment –
  • Country – Free imperial Barony of Frankenstein
  • Location-
  • Religion(s) –
  • Notable residents – Doctor Victor Frankenstein

Conrad II Reiz of Breuberg the founder of the free imperial Barony of Frankenstein built the castle on a hilltop in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Kassel.

A dangerous lindworm lives in the Odenwald near the castle well. Peasants of a neighboring village live in fear as it creeps in at night and eat the villagers and their children in their sleep.

Hidden behind the herb garden of the castle, there is a fountain of youth. In the first full-moon night after Walpurgis Night old women from the nearby villages undergo tests of courage. The one who is successful is rejuvenated to the age she was on the night of her wedding.

Local residents to believe that a treasure is hidden in the depths of the castle.A fortune-hunter Johann Heinrich Drott did not abandon the digging until was killed when his dig collapsed on him. He was given a suicide’s burial and still haunts the dungeon under the castle.

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