Saaremaa, Estonia
14th century
Salaspils, Latvia
ca. 1226
Hanila, Estonia
1430
Nizov'e, Russia
1258
Bagrationovsky, Russia
1325
Kurzętnik, Poland
1330-1361
Viljandimaa, Estonia
14th century
Stary Dzierzgon, Poland
1234
Zamek Kiszewski, Poland
1350
Ida-Virumaa, Estonia
1349
Sobowidz, Poland
c. 1340
Polessk, Russia
1360
Guryevsky, Russia
1292
Nowy Jasiniec, Poland
14th century
Dzierzgoń, Poland
1248
Przezmark, Poland
c. 1300
Czluchow, Poland
c. 1365
Kowalewo Pomorskie, Poland
13th 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.