Contained within the cellars of the Heidelberg Castle, the Heidelberg Tun is an extremely large wine vat that was constructed in 1751. When it was built, the vat had the capacity to hold 58,574 gallons of wine at a time, but now due to the drying of the wood, it can only hold 57,854 gallons. Supposedly, it took almost one hundred and thirty oak trees to create the towering structure. Though the concept was richly at the time, there are only four such barrels that were constructed in the history of Heidelberg. It was rarely actually used as a wine barrel and has in fact spent more time being a tourist attraction, and in recent years, a dance floor which can be found at the top of the tun.

Heidelberg Castle: Schlosshof 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

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