Sigtuna, Sweden
12th century
Stockholm, Sweden
12th century
Hejde, Sweden
c. 1250
Sölvesborg, Sweden
13th century
Åhus, Sweden
12th century
Norrhult, Sweden
1220s
Strängnäs, Sweden
1296-1334
Grötlingbo, Sweden
13th century
Ekerö, Sweden
12th century
Södra Sandby, Sweden
Late 12th century
Stockholm, Sweden
12th century
Båstad, Sweden
15th century
Nyköping, Sweden
1590-1618
Vellinge, Sweden
12th century
Mästerby, Sweden
13th century
Frösön, Sweden
13th century
Enköping, Sweden
12th century
Perstorp, Sweden
c. 1200
Follingbo, Sweden
c. 1200
Falun, Sweden
15th 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.