Sils im Domleschg, Switzerland
13th century
Aesch, Switzerland
13th century
Veltheim, Switzerland
14th century
Holderbank, Switzerland
c. 1050
Rothenbrunnen, Switzerland
12th century
Burgistein, Switzerland
14th century
Wartau, Switzerland
c. 1225
Brugg, Switzerland
10th century
Gränichen, Switzerland
13th century
Grono, Switzerland
12th century
Trin, Switzerland
12th century
Meiringen, Switzerland
c. 1250
Weissenburg, Switzerland
13th century
Champvent, Switzerland
c. 1250
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
15th century
Signau, Switzerland
12th century
Bubikon, Switzerland
1190s
Sumiswald, Switzerland
1730
Lostorf, Switzerland
13th century
Haldenstein, Switzerland
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.