Schleswig, Germany
c. 770 AD
Oslo, Norway
1926
Roskilde, Denmark
Peel, United Kingdom
11th century
Jelling, Denmark
10th century
Tønsberg, Norway
871 AD
Vestvågøy, Norway
500 - 950 AD
Trondheim, Norway
1658
Newfoundland, Canada
950-1050 AD
Staraja Ladoga, Russia
ca. 1114
Trelleborg, Sweden
10th century
Nørresundby, Denmark
400 - 1050 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
7th century AD
Narsaq, Greenland
1000 AD
Hobro, Denmark
10th century
Odense, Denmark
975 AD
Izborsk, Russia
9th century AD
Stykkið, Faroe Islands
900-1000 AD
Castletown, United Kingdom
850-950 AD
Slagelse, Denmark
10th century
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.