Explore the historic highlights of Lund
Lund, Sweden
1080-1145
Lund, Sweden
1805
Lund, Sweden
1578-1584
Lund, Sweden
1882
Lund, Sweden
ca. 1050
Lund, Sweden
1160s
Lund, Sweden
1887-1881
Lund, Sweden
1900-1901
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
1596
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
1886
Lund, Sweden
12th 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.