Bruch, Germany
14th century
Kirchberg (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany
14th century
Frankenstein, Germany
13th century
Dhronecken, Germany
13th century
Annweiler, Germany
12th century
Wissen, Germany
13th century
Trippstadt, Germany
12th century
Dasburg, Germany
9th century AD
Freudenburg, Germany
1330-1337
Altleiningen, Germany
1100-1110
Katzenelnbogen, Germany
c. 1095
Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
c. 787 AD
Kempfeld, Germany
14th century
Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Germany
13th century
Lambrecht, Germany
11th century
Kaiserslautern, Germany
12th century
Laurenburg, Germany
11th century
Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, Germany
c. 1100
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Germany
14th century
Palatinate Forest, Germany
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.