Vallentuna, Sweden
12th century
Tranås, Sweden
ca.1200
Enköping, Sweden
14th century
Visby, Sweden
1236
Garde, Sweden
ca. 1150
Havdhem, Sweden
ca. 1200
Ånimskog, Sweden
13th century
Munka-Ljungby, Sweden
ca. 1200
Örebro, Sweden
ca. 1120
Dalhem, Sweden
13th century
Eksta, Sweden
13th century
Vallentuna, Sweden
1280s
Täby, Sweden
13th century
Sigtuna, Sweden
12th century
Fårösund, Sweden
13th century
Hölö, Sweden
13th century
Vallentuna, Sweden
13th century
Märsta, Sweden
ca. 1150
Ekerö, Sweden
ca. 1170
Myresjö, Sweden
12th 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.