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The Heidelberg Tun ((ドイツ語:Großes Fass)), or Great Heidelberg Tun, is an extremely large wine vat contained within the cellars of Heidelberg Castle. There have been four such barrels in the history of Heidelberg. In 1751, the year of its construction, the present one had a capacity of 221,726 litres (58,573.8125 U.S. gallons). Due to the drying of the wood its current capacity is 219,000 litres (57,853.6795 U.S. gallons). One hundred and thirty oak trees were reputedly used in its construction. It has only rarely been used as a wine barrel, and in fact presently enjoys more use as a tourist attraction, and also as a dance floor since one was constructed on top of the tun. ==History== Heidelberg Castle has a history of enormous barrels; today's barrel (''Fass'') is the fourth in the history of the Neckar town. # Johann-Casimir-Fass (1591) # Karl-Ludwig-Fass (1664) # Karl-Philipp-Fass (1728) # Karl-Theodor-Fass (1751) When the French army captured the castle, the soldiers believed the empty wine barrel to be full of wine; their hatchet marks left on the barrel were later visible to tourists. According to tradition and local legend, the eternal keeper of the enormous Tun remains Perkeo of Heidelberg, once a court jester and master of the castle’s spirit production (and a famously Herculean wine drinker). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heidelberg Tun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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