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The Catholic League in defeat. In 1630, Ferdinand II dismissed his Generalissimus Wallenstein. Now, the Catholic League was in control of all the Catholic armed forces. At the First Battle of Breitenfeld, the Catholic League led by General Tilly was defeated by the
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Catholic League, a military alliance (1609–35) of the Catholic powers of Germany led by Maximilian I, duke of Bavaria, and designed to stem the growth of Protestantism in Germany. In alliance with the Habsburg emperors, the League’s forces, led by Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly, played a key role.
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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 ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · History of Neuschwanstein Castle. After Ludwig’s submission to Prussia in 1866 the king focused his attention on creating overtly extravagant palaces to which he could retreat and become an all-powerful ruler in his own alternative kingdom. Completed in 1886, Neuschwanstein was inspired by Ludwig II’s declared desire to live somewhere ...
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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
Without a doubt, Neuschwanstein Castle represents one of the most popular and most visited castles in the Germany. It was built in the German region of Bavaria, near the town Fussen by the commission of the King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who was known by his nickname “Fairytale King”. He has built this castle to be his residence, and to support ...
Oct 3, 2023 · Neuschwanstein Castle – Romance in Architectural Form. Germany is renowned for being the abode of some gorgeous architecture and Neuschwanstein Castle is one reason why. With its inspired Romanesque architectural design, the beauty of this castle elevated on its clifftop perch is a familiar icon of European castles.
