Spiez, Switzerland
12th century
Locarno, Switzerland
c. 1200
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
1260-1270
Büren an der Aare, Switzerland
1621-1624
Baden, Switzerland
10th century
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1200
Baden, Switzerland
12th century
Grandson, Switzerland
13th century
Aigle, Switzerland
13th century
Romont, Switzerland
1240
La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
13th century
Flüelen, Switzerland
13th century
Lenzburg, Switzerland
c. 1100
Sion, Switzerland
1290-1308
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1524
Laufenburg, Switzerland
12th century
Bellinzona, Switzerland
1478
Werdenberg, Switzerland
1228
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
13th century
Jegenstorf, Switzerland
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.