Stora Levene, Sweden
11th century
Visby, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
ca. 1200
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Älvkarleby, Sweden
1478-1490
Örbyhus, Sweden
late 1200s
Flen, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
13th century
Örebro, Sweden
12th century
Ljungbyholm, Sweden
c. 1120
Hudiksvall, Sweden
12th century
Hudiksvall, Sweden
c. 1190
Norrköping, Sweden
c. 1200
Tingstäde, Sweden
12th century
Munkedal, Sweden
12th century
Anderslöv, Sweden
12th century
Trelleborg, Sweden
c. 1200
Trollhättan, Sweden
12th century
Kungsör, Sweden
13th century
Väskinde, Sweden
1250
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.