Castle Stories: Burg Satzvey and the Counts Beissel von Gymnich The Count Beissel von Gymnich family has been staging knights' games, children's theatre and medieval Christmas markets at Satzvey Castle for over 30 years.

Castle Stories: Burg Satzvey and the Counts Beissel von Gymnich (2012)
Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Release date: 22 June 2012

Storyline:
The moated castle Satzvey in Mechernich in the Voreifel: Here, the Beissel von Gymnich family has been staging knights' games, children's theatre and medieval Christmas markets for over 30 years. Every year, thousands of visitors find the illusion of a childhood dream of knights in shining armour and damsels in flowing dresses realised at Satzvey Castle.

However, when Franz Josef Count Beissel von Gymnich and his American wife Jeanette organised their first knights' games at Satzvey Castle in the early 1980s, they were ridiculed in German aristocratic circles: a Hollywood spectacle at the traditional seat of a blueblooded family? Medieval markets and show tournaments? But success has proved them right. The Beissel von Gymnich family uses professionally staged spectacles to maintain the estate.

As part of the ‘Noble Dynasties in NRW’ programme, Julia Melchior visits the Counts Beissel von Gymnich at Satzvey moated castle. During a tour of the castle, Jeannette Countess Beissel von Gymnich gives her an insight into her everyday life between medieval castle romance and modern event marketing. She talks about how she has settled into her role as lady of the house and the obstacles she has had to overcome. As a trained advertising specialist, she was primarily responsible for marketing the knights' games and made a significant contribution to turning Satzvey Castle into a supraregional centre of attraction.

In historical flashbacks, the film takes us through the exciting family history of the Counts Beissel von Gymnich. It reveals how the ancestors were involved in the ‘sex scandal at Grunewald Castle’ in 1891. The family's private films, which date back to the 1940s, can also be seen for the first time. The head of the house, Franz Josef Count Beissel von Gymnich, talks about his childhood at the castle, the challenge of taking on the family legacy and what ultimately prompted the organisation of Germany's first knights' games.

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