Ochsenhausen, Germany
12th century
Kall, Germany
1070
Brauweiler, Germany
1024
Salem, Germany
1136
Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
1123
Füssen, Germany
1628
Oppenau, Germany
1192
Bad Staffelstein, Germany
c. 1070
Siegburg, Germany
1064
Irsee, Germany
1182
Wechselburg, Germany
1168
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
1900-1904
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
11th century
Backnang, Germany
c. 1100
Seeon-Seebruck, Germany
994 AD
Konstanz, Germany
983 AD
Marxzell, Germany
12th century
Ulm, Germany
1093
Bad Herrenalb, Germany
c. 1147
Steingaden, Germany
1147/1663
Linderhof is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed.
Ludwig II, who was crowned king in 1864, began his building activities in 1867-1868 by redesigning his rooms in the Munich Residenz and laying the foundation stone of Neuschwanstein Castle. In 1868 he was already making his first plans for Linderhof. However, neither the palace modelled on Versailles that was to be sited on the floor of the valley nor the large Byzantine palace envisaged by Ludwig II were ever built.
Instead, the new building developed around the forester's house belonging to his father Maximilian II, which was located in the open space in front of the present palace and was used by the king when crown prince on hunting expeditions with his father.