Royal Bavaria

• 04.01.2023 | Blog: Monarch of Masterpieces: King Ludwig I of Bavaria

  

  Although the fairytale king Ludwig II is more famous today, no other ruler has left his mark on Bavaria like King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

• 25.08.2020 | Blog: A Royal Journey: Seven Castles that Echo the Presence of King Ludwig II in Bavaria

  

  To this day, legends surround the Bavarian fairytale king Ludwig II and his famous castles, such as Schloss Neuschwanstein (Neuschwanstein Castle), where we go in search of clues.

Ludwig I.

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca)

  

  The Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca) has world-class works: Old German painting from the end of the 14th century to the Dürer period (Albrecht Dürer, Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans...

  Location: München

• Museum / Exhibition Centre - currently closed: Neue Pinakothek (New Pinacotheca)

  

  The Neue Pinakothek (New Pinakothek) houses a unique collection of 19th century art that is appreciated by visitors from all over the world. As the first public museum in Europe to be dedicated...

  Location: München

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Walhalla (Valhalla)

  

  It stands there on the high bank of the Danube like a lost Greek temple, and yet it is one of Germany's most important national monuments: the Walhalla (Valhalla). Built under King Ludwig I by Leo von...

  Location: Donaustauf

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Casino auf der Roseninsel (Casino on the Rose Island)

  

  In 1853, King Maximilian II of Bavaria commissioned Peter Joseph Lenné to design a landscape park on the western shore of Lake Starnberg. The execution, which was to combine ornamental geometric and...

  Location: Feldafing

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Glyptothek

  

  The Königsplatz presents itself like an ancient market square, enclosed by the two Greek "temple complexes" Glyptothek and Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) and the gateway...

  Location: München

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Staatliche Antikensammlungen (State collections of antiquities)

  

  Greeks, Etruscans and Romans can be experienced vividly in the antique collections on Königsplatz. They have found their home on the south side of the square, in the exhibition building designed by...

  Location: München

Maximilian II. of Bavaria

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Schloss Hohenschwangau (Hohenschwangau Castle)

  

  The later King Maximilian II acquired the badly damaged 12th-century castle in 1832 and had it rebuilt as a palace in the English neo-Gothic style - entirely in keeping with the Romantic spirit of the...

  Location: Schwangau

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Casino auf der Roseninsel (Casino on the Rose Island)

  

  In 1853, King Maximilian II of Bavaria commissioned Peter Joseph Lenné to design a landscape park on the western shore of Lake Starnberg. The execution, which was to combine ornamental geometric and...

  Location: Feldafing

Ludwig II.

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Schloss Neuschwanstein (Neuschwanstein Castle)

  

  Built by King Ludwig II in 1868 high above his father's Schloss Hohenschwangau (Hohenschwangau Castle) in familiar surroundings and never completed, Schloss Neuschwanstein (Neuschwanstein Castle) was...

  Location: Schwangau

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Schloss Linderhof (Linderhof Castle)

  

  The building history of Schloss Linderhof (Linderhof Castle) can be summarised as follows: from forester's lodge to royal cottage to castle. From 1869, King Ludwig II had his father's former...

  Location: Ettal

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee (New Herrenchiemsee Palace)

  

  From 1878, Ludwig II had a replica of Versailles Palace built on Herreninsel in Lake Chiemsee as a "temple of glory" for the Sun King Louis XIV of France, i.e. a monument to absolutist royalty without...

  Location: Herrenchiemsee

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: Königshaus am Schachen (Royal house at Schachen)

  

  From 1870, King Ludwig II had a mountain lodge built in a picturesque location at an altitude of 1866 metres so that he could enjoy the high mountains in complete comfort. To this day, the Königshaus...

  Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen

• Museum / Exhibition Centre: König Ludwig II.-Museum im Neuen Schloss Herrenchiemsee (King Ludwig II Museum in the New Herrenchiemsee Palace)

  

  The 12 rooms of the King Ludwig II Museum are located on the ground floor of the southern palace wing. Personal items such as a christening robe and death mask document the King's biography. Selected...

  Location: Herrenchiemsee