Prague, Czech Republic
870 AD
Vienna, Austria
1279
Kraków, Poland
9th century AD
Budapest, Hungary
1247-1265
Vienna, Austria
1740
Innsbruck, Austria
c. 1460
Salzburg, Austria
1606
Vienna, Austria
1712
Bratislava, Slovakia
9th century AD
Monza, Italy
1777-1780
Grignano, Italy
1856-1860
Gödöllő, Hungary
1733
Schloßhof, Austria
1729
Vienna, Austria
1569
Laxenburg, Austria
1333 & 1745
Bad Ischl, Austria
1860
Vienna, Austria
1882-1886
Laxenburg, Austria
1801-1836
Artstetten, Austria
1560
Eckartsau, Austria
1720
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.