Ala, Sweden
12th century
Umeå, Sweden
1501-1508
Söderköping, Sweden
13th century
Botkyrka, Sweden
12th century
Havdhem, Sweden
12th century
Götene, Sweden
12th century
Anderslöv, Sweden
c. 1100
Hemse, Sweden
12th century
Linde, Sweden
12th century
Botkyrka, Sweden
1176
Stockholm, Sweden
12th century
Fide, Sweden
13th century
Stockholm, Sweden
1175-1200
Borlänge, Sweden
14th century
Alnö, Sweden
12th century
Trelleborg, Sweden
c. 1250
Kräklingbo, Sweden
1211
Träkumla, Sweden
13th century
Vall, Sweden
13th century
Katthammarsvik, Sweden
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.