After the revolutions that have been taking place all across western an central Europe, the nobility was seeking for confirmation and legitimation by picturing themselves as descendants from the famous medieval rulers. For that purpose monuments like Kyffhäuser Monument were built, where a bronze equerestrian statue of the German emperor Wilhelm is located above a stone statue of the legendary King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa sitting on his throne. Barbarossa is said to be resting in a deep sleep in the Kyffhäuser mountain waiting to return in times Germany needs him.
Also during that time, a lot of castles were ‘reconstructed’ by the nobility for ‘show off’ purpose, e.g. Sigmaringen castle (Hohenzollern-Schloss) which was seen as the origin of the Brandenburg-Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty or even newly built, as e.g. Neuschwanstein Castle, which should at least look somehow like a castle.
After the revolutions that have been taking place all across western an central Europe, the nobility was seeking for confirmation and legitimation by picturing themselves as descendants from the famous medieval rulers. For that purpose monuments like Kyffhäuser Monument were built, where a bronze equerestrian statue of the German emperor Wilhelm is located above a stone statue of the legendary King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa sitting on his throne. Barbarossa is said to be resting in a deep sleep in the Kyffhäuser mountain waiting to return in times Germany needs him.
Also during that time, a lot of castles were ‘reconstructed’ by the nobility for ‘show off’ purpose, e.g. Sigmaringen castle (Hohenzollern-Schloss) which was seen as the origin of the Brandenburg-Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty or even newly built, as e.g. Neuschwanstein Castle, which should at least look somehow like a castle.