THE HISTORY OF CASTLE FURSTENSTEIN AND THE SECRET WW2 UNDERGROUND

[@Mike1sc]

And here I thought what in the world is Tino doing, but I really enjoyed this beautiful historical castle as well as some of its secrets, especially the tunnels, and this is becoming one of my favorites. Tino, thank you for all the tireless work you do. The work you do assures important history is not forgotten or rewritten.

[@tinostruckmann]

Glad you enjoyed it - sometimes there us a plan behind what Im doing... sometimes...

[@Rustinox]

That's a facinating episode, Tino. Thanks.

[@flashgordon6670]

The tour guide is incredible, especially considering English isn’t his native language. I loved it when he said, “The wheel of history turned!”

[@lauramildon-clews7850]

Hi Tino, as usual this is fantastic. I would love to come and visit this place. I do like your parting shot in regards to your gieger counter though. On watching your previous videos I to have wondered about Germany's atomic program. They were so far further ahead than the Allies ever were at that point in time. Thank you, regards, Laurajane from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤️

[@MichaelKennedy-tr1xc]

Excellent piece of work Tino. History, architecture and mystery. Food for thought on what purpose the underground tunnels served..I'm not sure i believe the huge lift shaft theory..something was supposed to be placed in that huge hole. Thanks for your detective work and wisdom in these guides..they are greatly appreciated 🙏 🙂👍

[@JeroenE-mu8ob]

Even though I have been there several times, every time I discover something new. Very interesting history Tino.

[@jacquelinewaters5795]

Wow, so interesting, lost historical castle. Thanks for the info and photos. Love it, definitely on my bucket list.

[@robg7656]

Love the history of this Tino, thanks for sharing!!

[@tinostruckmann]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@salsheikh4508]

Great Episode Tino. That roof looks like it costs a fortuner in of itself.

[@tinostruckmann]

it must have done ... used to be copper I believe, that would be even more

[@TheYeti308]

A wonderful building , steeped in history . Thank You Tino . !

[@tinostruckmann]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nicwilson89]

Fascinating, can't wait for more castles!

[@patchmack4469]

it is indeed such a sad thing what happens to an extraordinary building during war time, its history being torn apart, but what a fabulous job everyone is doing to bring it back together - the photo collection referred to sounds like a magical source for reference - so good Tino to spend some time inside this magical place haha i like the way your tiny brain works, a little like mine, a well protected generator at the bottom of a shaft, bombable? indeed, what did this 'generator generate' huge amounts of smoke, was it in fact thunder bird 1 haha, there'll be some collapsing palm trees somewhere no doubt

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building!

[@mariaedwards6371]

Another great video . Thanks for the education.

[@blzr1155]

TIno,Thank you for the Excellent Documentory!

[@tinostruckmann]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building! 🛸

[@thomasperch-nielsen3548]

Very interesting. I visited the castle in 2017.

[@kadoj]

YES! man, I dropped that comment about this place months and months ago, but I knew you’d get around to rooting about/beneath this spot sooner or later. Oh, Hooray. This is gonna be cluuuuutch! >=]

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building! 🛸

[@SuperRonan83]

Best castle in Poland and that is saying something. Fabulous. Never got underneath though as there were too many people that day.

[@jimcole7800]

Excellent Steady job , Thank You So Much !

[@jimcole7800]

Tino ,Thank-you So much Tino !

[@cliffordfreeman7829]

Wow what a history,thanks Tino.

[@PyrateAsylumParanormalAgency]

Fascinating

[@sharonwhiteley6510]

Thanks for sharing the history of this stunning Castle. You can't help but hope more original pieces will be returned. Princess Daisy would be ecstatic to see her home restored. The photographs were quite a find. When you consider whose footsteps have climbed that staircase to greet the royal family, it makes it a piece of the world's history. You applaud the efforts of the royal family to aid the community in education and learning trades. Yet, you must NEVER forget the WW2 victims whose lives ended because of lack of humanity. Then, the Russians and their unexplainable use of destruction. Hopefully, those who have original pieces will open their hearts and return them to their home. The restoration crew has quite a job ahead of them but appear committed. The tunnels, of course, remains a conundrum. Thank you again. Please keep digging for answers.

[@2660mh]

It’s ugly.

[@tinostruckmann]

agreed

[@flashgordon6670]

The Russians destroyed the old castle bc the Nazis were up to freakin weird stuff in there.

[@jimcole7800]

- Hmmm ..... is Committed the Correct word to use here ? Jewish Slave labourers " DO it or Die one "Hell of a choice " !

[@jimcole7800]

YES .... Ugly and guydy , Not my favorite, the architecture is Too much for my liking

[@flashgordon6670]

Have I been here in Medal of Honor? It all seems so familiar but it’s so long since I played MOH. Great vid Tino, keep on hunting those Nazis, their secrets and their treasures. 💪🏻💪🏼💛

[@tinostruckmann]

it is possibly they used it as a backdrop

[@flashgordon6670]

I know castle Wiwelstein was used as a template for Castle Wolfenstein,

[@marktheyoungest666]

Thank you Tino 👍

[@anthonydemont1970]

Fantastic video ❤

[@greggarsenault8271]

Great video bro 👍 God bless 🙏 love go see it Thank you 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤔🤔🤔🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇😇😇

[@tinostruckmann]

yay

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building! 🛸

[@stuartbeecham524]

Tino I love your work !! Could you tell me what Is music call what you used please ?

[@tinostruckmann]

It is a number called Kingmen I believe I bought it on videohive

[@stuartbeecham524]

@@tinostruckmann I just check on Apple Music , I couldn’t find it mate !!

[@kazimierzmarkiel5400]

I was visiting this castle in summer 1954 first time. Our group was guided by older man, who was previously working for the old count before the nazi era. The castle was totally empty, but at least with intact roof and secured windows. In front of the castle, there was huge vertical shaft, without of concreting, surrounded by wooden fence. Our guide have told us, that A. Hitler liked to make his officers surprised, and he wanted to appear suddenly just in front of the castle coming out from his personal car. In fact, the dimensions of the shaft would allow to do it. But the shaft was 50% filled up with the construction rubble before the front came there, but everybody was knowing, that the depth of the shaft is 50 m, and there was the Hitler.s shelter. It was suspected as for top secret object. Later on the underground corridors were meassured and there was not found the lower level entrance for car to lift chamber. And the shaft, where in all old mines the water is collecting- remains always dry. So there is some indications , that the coridors left for view - were modified just for show and lower levels are carefully hidden, as in other Kammler's objects. The prisoners have left their info: there were more than one evacuation- peoples are giving different dates of evacuation. Probably there were 5 of them. And the prisoners coming in 1945 from the East were finishing the jobs. Some of the prisoners told, that the Germans SS were beating them to speed up the work - in such a manner, that it looked as if thy wanted to kill the prisoners at the spot. We were asking our guide about the railway station in lowest level, he got a little bit upset and told, that it was planned, but it,s not ready yet- but it was planned The amount of work done - in relation of the prisoners numbers - is a lot less than in other complexes. In general there is no doubts. that the Kammler's object below- is much bigger than known tunnels. Kammler,s complexes in Owl Mountains were more important for Hitler, then the Hitler's quartier there. Kammler and his team created the organisation as now the global corporations are.When you look on the undergroud plan, the form of the part near the castle looks as the shelter, ( for 300 peoples) . Part going further looks as typical Kammler's ladder-like structure. Hochbergs were having also the castle in Pszczyna on Upper Silesia , and the fate of this building was different: there was not army staying on the place, there was not any big human migratory movment - so the castle remained intact, and at once became the museum, and the personnel was taking care of it. And today it is intact, surrounded by old trees and park, and with the herd of polish bisons ( żubr) in the surounding forest. Stary

[@easygroove]

Cool, thank you.

[@kazimierzmarkiel5400]

@@easygroove The coolest thing is coming at the end: Hochbergs were a big landlords also in Upper Silesia, having a lot of coal mines and land with the forests. In city Tychy nearby Pszczyna they were having the brewery, called "The Count's Brewery". It was very old one and much later the citizens established their own brewery, called "The Citizens' Brewery"-they did not wished to look worse than the count. In summer of 1929 Count Hochberg's clerks annoucned in local press that if somebody ( in fixed sunday ) come to the park near their brewery, that person will be given so many pints of beer , whatever he will be able to drink. They were celebrating in this way the 300 anniversary of beer production starting in this place. And ( as I was told) - a lot of the locals came there and later - in late afternoon - there was lot o this beer consumers laying just on green grass in park - as the dead flies. For such a party in polish language there is the special term :"szałowy ochlaj" and this party was the biggest one recorded from unforgettable times. Today both breweries are connected as " Browary Tyskie" and they also are preparing good beer - as I remember. Stary

[@flashgordon6670]

I drink Tyskie beer sometimes, in the UK. It’s delicious.

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building!

[@mikemyshka1472]

Atmosphere control equipment makes more sense as if their maintenance of environment to preserve stored treasure or electronic equipment. I wonder on the small tunnels where ventilation shafts. Wonder if it just ammo storage tunnels

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building!

[@flashgordon6670]

🛸

[@signup5685]

Hello Tino, I have a question regarding how you plan your projects: Is it by district so as to save time and money spent on fuel/travel? Or rather do you have a broader structure in mind which has you kind of “jump around” to different areas? Thanks for the vids, been watching since your project on Peenemunde.

[@tinostruckmann]

Honestly I try to make a rough plan but many times it gets to be a lot of jumping around because of availability if it's places that are locked or sealed that I need to be given access to or there's interviews I specifically want to do with some of these locations and sometimes I have driven straight across Europe from one deadline to another which is not exactly the economic or best logistical way of doing it but sometimes it is what it is I am trying to narrow down shorter travel distances but it depends what we are trying to see what's available and what's possible and of course what follows the research we're doing also but it boils down to me having a plan and then still winging it :-)

[@mariaedwards6371]

@@tinostruckmann do you have a team or do you research it all and do all the driving?

[@davidlafranchise4782]

Was that a CLUE at the end??? "Maybe you will run into me (Tino) and my Geiger counter?". Huh..............

[@IDZE]

Just heared you saying best protected Generators you ever have seen...may be its a nuclear Bunker... What If fhe ss knew about the Manhattan Project (and they realy Had a similar Project and knew what this means)and build this in Case of a nuke Attack on a headquater? Just thinkin... Btw,thx for all your great vids and Work!!! You Feed my interest in Military Objects and Projects! Great Job keep on! Und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland ;)

[@flashgordon6670]

Your guide: “What is this? If you can answer you will win one beer!” - A bathroom. - No. - A toilet. - No. - A coal hole. - No, but you have one of these in your kitchen. - A stove. - No. - An oven. - No. - What is it then? - A refrigerator. 🤣 Did he give you the beer?

[@flashgordon6670]

Note the heart shaped hole in the wall, by the “toilet” in the old castle.

[@jeffcampbell1555]

I discovered Fuerstenstein researching for some fiction. I recognized it's combination of mannerist, baroque and revival styles, but most of the interiors seemed weirdly modern. I eventually read about project Riesen and the Nazi occupation of the castle, and it all made sense. They'd remodeled to reflect their penchant for "stripped" classicism and baroque, ripping out stuccos, marble, paneling and inlaid floors. Project Riesen itself seemed bizarre...even for Nazis. Why ruin a historic monument when a tunnel can be secreted anywhere? If they wanted a fancy hangout for Nazis in the Riesengebirge, Han Heinrich XV and partners built a luxury spa hotel nearby in their taste, still in business. Why not tunnel under that? I find your hypotheses that at least some of the Riesen sites were decoys persuasive. As for the castle--I think Hans Heinrich gilded a lily with his magnate-style enhancements, but Fuerstenstein was beautiful before and beautiful still. That the Poles have taken it to heart is an act of grace. I'd also note, sadly, that Daisy died in the area of a degenerative nerve disease. Divorced, broke and defenseless in wartime, she was taken in by kind villagers, within sight of the castle where she'd hosted Kaiser Wilhelm and his uncle, Edward VII. Worse, her remains were defiled in the Hochberg mausoleum, because rumor had it she'd been buried in her famous rope of large natural pearls, four or five feet long. She hadn't. Rumors suck. But thanks so much for your work!

[@rolfagten857]

It was certainly unusual to make a tunnel complex under this castle. I think Albert Speer wanted to make it a holiday colony for high-ranking Nazis if they won the war.

[@tinostruckmann]

lets see what he can bring to the table

[@flashgordon6670]

Dear Tino, do you think it a possibility to collaborate, with someone like Tony Robinson or Niall Ferguson? Or have some short interviews with them and others also? Ty luv ya!

[@tinostruckmann]

I always would love to do interviews with all the historians I do enjoy the work of those two as well it all depends on what their agents and publicists say if they're available or we have anything to talk about but I would be happy to reach out

[@flashgordon6670]

Ok Thanks!

[@scc970]

I would dispute one of your comments about George von Stein converting it into a castle from a fortress. The usual definition of a castle is that it combines residence with fortification, so he really converted it from a castle to a palace. Otherwise this is as good as your usual productions.

[@flashgordon6670]

Ok Mr Pedantic.

[@koningbolo4700]

1:06:49 I would say a root cellar.... but hey, what do chefs know?

[@tinostruckmann]

prepping for a helluva party:-)

[@flashgordon6670]

Your guide: “What is this? If you can answer you will win one beer!” - A bathroom. - No. - A toilet. - No. - A coal hole. - No, but you have one of these in your kitchen. - A stove. - No. - An oven. - No. - What is it then? - A refrigerator. 🤣 Did he give you the beer?

[@flashgordon6670]

Such a great film I’m watching it twice! The Russians blew up the old knight’s castle, bc the Nazis were up to freakin weird stuff in there.

[@drstrangelove4998]

The Nazis were gone by then, the Ruskies would have stripped the castle of anything useful and transported it back to Moscow. Why go to the time and expense of blowing up the castle. That goes for the other Allies too, btw.

[@mtnshooter2487]

Tino, dont confuse them with facts. my guess is a missile silo for the Amerika rocket.

[@flashgordon6670]

Did you see the Flying saucer @3:38 - 3:40?

[@Ryanboy2020]

This was not a H.Q. for Hitler. It's well fortified for sure. It could be as simple as a repository for precious items, art, vehicles, etc. This would explain the car sized elevator. You would need a massive amount of ventilation if you were going to properly store rare artifacts. I dont see anything in this video that would suggest these tunnels were used for high tech development. Just my opinion.

[@tinostruckmann]

I agree, it just does not make sense given the technical layout

[@flashgordon6670]

@03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building!

[@BR7AVEONE]

When you will be the next time there, I can show secret entrances.

[@tinostruckmann]

Hoping November, email me directly Ill take you up on that..

[@flashgordon6670]

Did you see the Flying saucer @3:38 - 3:40? Above the left side building. 🛸

[@tinostruckmann]

@@flashgordon6670 you're actually going to make me go back in and rewatch my own video...hang on

[@flashgordon6670]

@Tino: 🤣 I put the time stamp for it in my comment. I’m sure I’ve seen that picture in a documentary somewhere beforehand. Probably about the Nazis secret tech, but I can’t remember it was so long ago. We know the Nazis were experimenting with the bell shaped anti gravity machine, with liquid mercury vortexes, if I remember correctly. At the Wenceslas mines. We also know that Flying bell shaped objects were sighted in Pennsylvania or somewhere in the USA, shortly after WW2. We know that the USA made a quantum leap in technology, after Germany was defeated. According to some, half the Plutonium in the Abombs came from Germany, smuggled on a u boat. Sadly, it’s so long, since I saw the documentaries, about these things that I can’t name them. The concrete footings at the Fly Trap, near the Wenceslas mines, are big enough to hold electric cables as thick as your arm. The WW2 history hunter visited a remote island of Norway and there were also very thick cables there. I theorised it could’ve been a rocket launching site for V2s or something similar. There’s like a natural basin of rocky hills there. A good site for launching rockets would also be good for Foo fighters, (if that’s what they were?)

[@BR7AVEONE]

@@tinostruckmann winter time is no good. I'm goin to Germany, for Christmas but will be in Waldenburg by the End of March from the 23th. Than I can be your translator for German and English 🤫

[@koningbolo4700]

Oh great, more from the Tino...

[@alanmoffat4454]

IF ITS THAT IMPORTANT WHY ARENT WE YOU LOOKING FOR INNER AND OUTER DEFENCE LINES THERE JUST HAS TOO BE SOMETHING LEFT .

[@flashgordon6670]

The inner defence line is the keep of the castle and the outer defence is about 100,000 sq miles of forest mountains and rivers. The castle would also be sure to have escape tunnels, linking the inner and outer defences. So the inner can become the outer and the outer the inner. Depending on where you are and where you want to be.

[@sebskyYyy]

So you think in that tunnels underground , germans tried build nuclear bomb ?

[@namelesswon]

castle wolfenstein

[@tinostruckmann]

excactly lol

[@flashgordon6670]

Show me your papers!

[@eugenebennett5800]

THERE WAS THE BIG POWER PLANT AND BUILDING THAT WAS REMOVERD FROM THE USSR . TIME . BUT HAVE YOU TRYED TO TALK TO THE TOWNS PEOPLE AND GET INFORMATION FROM THEM.... THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS WITH YOU.... PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS NOSIE ABOUT THINGS EVEN MEN AND TEENAGERS...

[@flashgordon6670]

“Even men and teenagers.” 🤣 What are you implying about females then?

[@eugenebennett5800]

i think i did nto say nothing about females but boys men are more about building history going in to dangerous places..

[@flashgordon6670]

@ 03:38 - 03:40 There’s a Flying saucer above the left side building!