Hohenschwangau

Die Wies Hohenschwangau Linderhof Oberammergau

Hohenschwangau

a Wittelsbach royal palace

 

 

 

Neuschwanstein Castle above in the mist

Neuschwanstein Castle, royal palace in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, the most famous of three royal palaces built for Louis II of Bavaria, sometimes referred to as Mad King Ludwig, who grew up nearby at Hohenschwangau Castle. Begun in 1869 and left unfinished at Louis's death in 1886, the castle is the embodiment of 19th century romanticism. In a fantastical imitation of a medieval castle, Neuschwanstein is set with towers and spires and is spectacularly sited on a high point over the Pöllat River gorge. The king worked with three different architects in succession: Eduard Riedel, Georg Dollmann, and Julius Hofmann, all Germans who based their designs largely on a scheme produced by German stage designer Christoph Jank.

 

as seen from Hohenschwangau


King Louis was a patron of the German composer Richard Wagner, and the third-floor rooms reflect Louis's love of the legends used by Wagner in his operas: for Tannhäuser, a winter garden and stalactite grotto; for Lohengrin, the great chamber; and the unfinished Byzantine throne room, its vaulted ceiling supported by inlaid stone columns and decorated with stars. The Singers Hall on the fourth floor, with a coffered ceiling, is dedicated to the life of Parsifal, hero of another famous Wagner opera. The palace is now a popular tourist attraction.

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Winter post card

 

Fall postcard


the Town

 

Jägerhaus

 

Muller Cafe

 

 

horse wagon to the castles

 

Jägerhaus

 

Bavarian pole

 

Beer Hall

 

accommodation for the carriages


the Castle

 

walkway to the Schloss

 

 


 

last look at Neuschwanstein in the fog
from in front of the Muller Cafe


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