Darmstadt Frankenstein Castle, late 1960's

Frankenstein Castle, on the outskirts of Darmstadt. Note that Frankenstein simply refers to castle of the Franks (an historic German population.) The castle was built in 1250 and was named Frankenstein long before the Frankenstein novel was written, though it is said that Mary Shelley, author of the novel was influenced by the castle and its history.

Pictures in this set (Military years) are from when I was in the military, from 1967-1970. All photos were originally slides, a friend spent very many hours restoring those slides to being viewable.