Malmö, Sweden
1434
Helsingborg, Sweden
1310s
Mariefred, Sweden
16th century
Örebro, Sweden
13th century
Uppsala, Sweden
1549
Stockholm, Sweden
1846-1848
Visby, Sweden
12th century
Kungälv, Sweden
1308
Gothenburg, Sweden
1698
Borgholm, Öland, Sweden
1654, originally in 1100s
Visby, Sweden
13th century
Linköping, Sweden
12th century
Kalmar, Sweden
12th century
Marstrand, Sweden
1658
Vadstena, Sweden
1545
Stockholm, Sweden
1544, 1833-1863
Varberg, Sweden
1287-1300
Västerås, Sweden
13th century
Lidköping, Sweden
1298
Lomma, Sweden
1862
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.