Aug
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This Real Estate Agent Is the Castle Expert
ByAre you a member of the global super-rich on the hunt for a house? Christoph von Schenck has just the palace, fortress, or château for you.
Two world wars, revolutions in Germany and Russia, and inheritance taxes have managed to all but put an end to Europe’s once-thriving ruling class, but the continent’s palatial homes, at least, remain.
Enter Christoph von Schenck, a German aristocrat who acts as a conduit between those houses and aspirational buyers. The “castles expert” for the real estate agency Engel & Völkers AG, von Schenck has made it his life’s work to appraise and sell these massive, often crumbling structures…
