Family fortress becomes tourist attraction

The old Count had principles. Begging money from the state for its castle? This is in honor of the family.

Ultimately Elts castle, picturesquely situated on a rock, near the Moselle River, over 800 years has been a stronghold of the family.
Grafovete of Elts always found a way to collect the money necessary for maintenance of the castle – from ticket sales and souvenirs omnifarious to the profit of the local pub while passing through making money from family wealth, says the German newspaper „Frankfurter Zeitung algemeyne“ .
But times change, even for such places. The old Count is no longer among the living and lord of the castle is his son – Count Karl von und tsu Elts. New plans to renew the earlier building, but this time will be paid at least in part by taxpayers’ money. Castle will receive about 1 million of the package to boost the German economy, which granted in Berlin earlier this year.
Such amount will come from the government of the province of Rhineland-Palatinate, with its modest and gave the German Association for the Protection of Monuments.
Elts Castle is not a single case. Whether or near the Moselle River near the Rhine, in Bavaria near the coast or the North Sea – across Germany masters of old castles made Overhaul of names with state funds.
State Minister for Culture and Media Bernd Noyman aside for such projects nearly 20 million of the funds to stimulate the economy.
The situation looks at least strange – the strengthening of the old walls are presented as stimulating the economy. Aristocracy will resume its historic name of state expenses and the nobles will finally have good new castles and country – debts, making the German edition.
In government programs, however, has not provided support for castles themselves, but through the renewal to open jobs.
The work to restore the castle Elts first to receive funds from the program to boost the economy of the skeleton builders that have already started construction of a stable scaffold fortress. Later work will receive and slater and masons, who will process the stones in the old technology. Stones be ordered at local quarry, which will also have more work. Professionals should ensure drilling walls with heavy props and companies for the construction of wooden buildings – to strengthen old buildings. All these people will obtain additional contracts and provided through the renewal of the fortress to gain further between 1.5 and 2 million.
According to a column of fully Elts is of course the castle to receive money from the state – the place is not only the cradle of family earldom, and tourist site, receiving over 250 000 visitors annually, one of the most important museums of life in the Middle “ .

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