House Garden 
VINTLER S SUMMER-HOUSE 
BURG RUNKELSTEIN 
almost entirely rebuilt. Manors, a chapel 
and two towers were added and also on the 
northern side the interesting summer-house. 
Niklas the Vin- 
tler, as he was 
called, was the rich¬ 
est and most pow¬ 
erful of his house, 
and some feeling 
he must have had, 
too, for the ameni¬ 
ties ot his time for 
he adorned with 
frescoes at least 
five of the castle 
halls. In these 
rooms were wel¬ 
comed knights, 
artists, poets and 
singers. It was 
here that copies of 
books were made and where early chroni¬ 
cles were written by the castle chaplain. 
Vintler’s greatest contributions to the build¬ 
ing, however, were 
the elaborate deco¬ 
rations ot the sum¬ 
mer-house. On 
the walls of the 
first story over the 
arches are pictures 
of German Em¬ 
perors in medal¬ 
lions of gray and 
green adorned with 
golden crowns. 
On the interior 
between the arches 
are the faded 
remains of the 
Wigalois Cycle, 
while the ceiling 
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