Günther Beinert still remembers how he broke down a wall at his parents’ old house, and how he made his first small castle by reassembling the materials with a mixture of ash and sand. He was a boy in his teens at that time.
Over the years, Beinert would become a bricklayer, and through this profession he would get “more involved in [his craft].” Beinert is 87 years old now, but his passion for building miniature castles is still very much alive.
Today, the small town of Gerbstedt is adorned by Beinert’s miniature castles, and one can immediately see them upon arrival.
Learn more about Beinert’s life and his love for his craft over at Atlas Obscura.
(Image Credit: Gerbstedt City Council/ Atlas Obscura)
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but tell me why, do we build castles in the sky
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