Hohenschwangau Castle
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Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, and was the childhood residence of his son, King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It is located
Schloss Hohenschwangau 2021
Hohenschwangau Castle at night
Hohenschwangau Village (left), Schloss Hohenschwangau (right), as seen from Neuschwanstein Castle
The castle in 1701, prior to reconstruction
Neuschwanstein Castle
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Neuschwanstein Castle 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 region
Hohenschwangau Castle
…District), which was first mentioned in historical records dating from the 12th century, stood high up on a rock on the site of the present 19th-century Neuschwanstein castle. The knights, later counts of Schwangau, were ministeriales of the Welfs. Hiltbolt von Schwangau (1195–1254) was a minnesinger. Margareta von…
Neuschwanstein Castle in 2013, looking northeast
An eastward view over the village of Hohenschwangau and the Alpsee (Alp Lake) towards the Tyrolean Alps, with the two castles of Neuschwanstein (white; left) and Hohenschwangau (yellow; right). Also visible is the smaller Schwansee (Swan Lake), to the right.
Neuschwanstein project drawing (Christian Jank 1869)
Wagner and Ludwig II (by Kurt von Rozynski, 1890)