{"id":101005,"date":"2026-01-09T22:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schloss.bindix.de\/?page_id=101005"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:46:34","slug":"konrad-zuse-at-the-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/castle\/konrad-zuse-at-the-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Konrad Zuse at the Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"intro-image fade-in-bottom \">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"img-wrapper bg-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/schloss-allee.jpg);   \"><\/div>\n                    <!-- \/.img-wrapper bg-img -->\n\n                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/schloss-allee.jpg\" alt=\"Schloss Hopferau Allee\" class=\"intro-image-mobile\">\n\n            <\/div>\n            <!-- \/.container -->\n        <\/section>\n        <!--  .intro-image -->\n\n    \n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"content-block_1563729edf33cdc92a55f1a06e588851\" class=\"content \" style=\"  \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-8@md \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Konrad Zuse at the Castle<\/h2>\n<p>From 1946 to 1949, Konrad Zuse completed his legendary calculating machine Z4 in Hopferau\u2014the world\u2019s first commercially used computer\u2014thus marking the starting point of today\u2019s digitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, Konrad Zuse remains largely unknown to the general public. Yet he was as versatile as the applications of modern computers today. This creative genius worked as an advertising graphic designer and a civil engineer, and his passion was painting. However, his life\u2019s work was the invention of the first functional programmable calculating machine\u2014a computer\u2014as well as the first high-level programming language, Plankalk\u00fcl.<\/p>\n<p>Schloss zu Hopferau feels deeply committed to preserving Konrad Zuse\u2019s legacy. We are a member of the Zuse Society and keep Zuse\u2019s heritage alive through a wide range of events and through the design of our conference facilities.<\/p>\n<h3>The Milkmaid\u2019s Calculation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Zuse\u2019s legendary development at Schloss zu Hopferau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100400\" src=\"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/Zusebuch-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/Zusebuch-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/Zusebuch.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The story of Zuse and his computer was compiled by journalist Christoph Bode, on behalf of the castle owner and BERA CEO Bernd Rath, in his factual novel The Milkmaid\u2019s Calculation.<\/p>\n<p>The book recounts an almost forgotten yet highly significant episode in Zuse\u2019s life: his journey from Berlin to the Allg\u00e4u region and his stay at Schloss zu Hopferau from 1946 to 1949. During these years, he worked on his Z4, which he first put to use in a bet in 1947. He proved to dairyman Xaver R\u00f6ck that his calculating machine could compute the price of milk faster and more accurately than R\u00f6ck\u2019s experienced specialists. With this episode\u2014almost trivial by today\u2019s standards\u2014Zuse ushered in the birth of the digital age.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  .col-8@md -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<!--  .flex-row -->\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!--  .container -->\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<!--  .content -->\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":100931,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Konrad Zuse at Schloss zu Hopferau","_seopress_titles_desc":"Learn about Konrad Zuse\u2019s time at Schloss zu Hopferau, where he completed the Z4, the first commercially used computer, and shaped early digital history in this historic castle setting.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail","post-count-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101082,"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101005\/revisions\/101082"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schloss-hopferau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}