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Crumbling villas haunt E. German towns 25 years after Wall
BERLIN - For sale: 18th-century castle with a medieval prison tower, moat and lake on 14 acres. The price: 350,000 euros ($445,000), less than the cost of a Manhattan studio. The catch? It's in eastern Germany.
It's not just the location that's a deterrent. The dilapidated property with peeling paint and socialist-era chandeliers