Kraków, Poland
13th century
Kraków, Poland
14th century
Kraków, Poland
1290-1320
Warsaw, Poland
1390
Kraków, Poland
9th century AD
Warsaw, Poland
14th century
Warsaw, Poland
Wieliczka, Poland
13th century
Malbork, Poland
1274-1406
Wrocław, Poland
1911-1913
Oświęcim, Poland
1940
Zamość, Poland
1580
Wieliczka, Poland
13th century
Toruń, Poland
1233
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland
1600
Bad Muskau, Germany
1811
Świdnica, Poland
1656-1657
Jawor, Poland
1655
Dębno, Poland
15th century
Bochnia, Poland
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.