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Tickets for the Castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau and the Museum of the Bavarian Kings are available at the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau (also Reservations). Ticket sales times for the castles. Summer: april 1 - october 15 monday to sunday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. guided tours 09:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Winter: 16th october - march 31
Welcome. The Museum of the Bavarian Kings in Hohenschwangau, which displays the history of the Wittelsbach dynasty from its beginnings to the present day, was opened in September 2011. The exhibition focuses on Maximilian II, who commissioned the conversion of the Hohenschwangau Castle into his summer residence, and on his son, King Ludwig II ...
Hall of the Kings. Among the award-winning, barrel vault made of a steel mesh, the Wittelsbach protagonists of Hohenschwangau are presented: King Maximilian II and his son, King Ludwig II. In the middle shines the magnificent centrepiece which Maximilian had given in 1842 to the Munich sculptor, Ludwig von Schwanthaler, on the occasion of his ...
Ludwig II, Christian Jank. Neuschwanstein Castle ( German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. It is located in the Swabia ...
- 5 September 1869
- Hohenschwangau, Germany
Opening of Museum (1886-1887) Neuschwanstein Castle is opened as a museum just seven weeks after King Ludwig's death. Visitors were allowed to tour the castle's completed parts and see the grandeur of Ludwig's vision firsthand. The palace quickly became a popular tourist attraction and remains one of Germany's most popular tourist destinations ...
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Jul 9, 2023 · Neuschwanstein Castle is a prime example of 19th century Romantic style architecture. The exterior is made of brick and clad in limestone, which were lifted up to the castle via crane. The red Gatehouse was the first part built. Ludwig lived there until the Citadel was completed to oversee construction.
Mar 11, 2024 · Neuschwanstein Castle, elaborate castle near Füssen, Germany, built atop a rock ledge over the Pöllat Gorge in the Bavarian Alps by order of Bavaria’s King Louis II (“Mad King Ludwig”). Construction began in 1868 and was never completed. Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany. Louis II spent much of his childhood at Hohenschwangau ...