Veytaux, Switzerland
12th century
Gruyères, Switzerland
1270-1282
Bellinzona, Switzerland
13th century
Laufen-Uhwiesen, Switzerland
9th century AD
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
1200-1220
Thun, Switzerland
1180-1190
Nyon, Switzerland
13th century
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
11th century
Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland
c. 1200
Bellinzona, Switzerland
14th century
Spiez, Switzerland
12th century
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
1260-1270
Grandson, Switzerland
13th century
Aigle, Switzerland
13th century
Lenzburg, Switzerland
c. 1100
Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
1392
Seengen, Switzerland
12th century
Sargans, Switzerland
1282
Regensberg, Switzerland
13th century
Bulle, Switzerland
1230s
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.