Baden, Switzerland
10th century
Baden, Switzerland
12th century
Lenzburg, Switzerland
c. 1100
Laufenburg, Switzerland
12th century
Aarau, Switzerland
c. 1200
Seengen, Switzerland
12th century
Wildegg, Switzerland
13th century
Habsburg, Switzerland
1020-1030
Thalheim, Switzerland
13th century
Aarburg, Switzerland
c. 1200
Oftringen, Switzerland
c. 1200
Böttstein, Switzerland
12th century
Biberstein, Switzerland
13th century
Beinwil (Freiamt), Switzerland
1700
Klingnau, Switzerland
1240
Veltheim, Switzerland
14th century
Brugg, Switzerland
10th century
Untersiggenthal, Switzerland
1240
Gränichen, Switzerland
13th century
Seengen, Switzerland
1625
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.