Cologne, Germany
1248
Berlin, Germany
1823-1830
Berlin, Germany
1855
Berlin, Germany
1861
Berlin, Germany
1910
Bremen, Germany
1404-1410
Aachen, Germany
793-813 AD
Berlin, Germany
1897
Potsdam, Germany
1744
Lübeck, Germany
1143
Bamberg, Germany
11th century
Trier, Germany
c. 1230
Bamberg, Germany
1002-1111
Lübeck, Germany
1250-1350
Trier, Germany
4th century / 1235
Völklingen, Germany
1881
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Eisenach, Germany
c. 1067
Regensburg, Germany
11th century
Speyer, Germany
1030
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.