Historic site · Hohenschwangau, Schwangau, Bavaria
Hohenschwangau Castle
Schloss Hohenschwangau
Hohenschwangau Castle is the castle Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria had built in 1833 to 1837 on the remains of a medieval castle in the village of Hohenschwangau, Schwangau, where his son King Ludwig II spent a few weeks each summer; it is owned by the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds.
Why go
Hohenschwangau Castle stands in the village of Hohenschwangau in the municipality of Schwangau. Its official website says Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria, later King Maximilian II, bought the ruin of the medieval castle then called Schwanstein and between 1833 and 1837 had a romantic castle built on its remains; it became the summer and hunting residence of the royal family, and King Ludwig II spent a few weeks there each summer. The website is published by the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, which it says has owned the castle since 1923. Its tour page says visits are possible only within a guided tour with limited capacity, and its ticket page says tickets are sold in the official online shop or, subject to availability and for the same day only, at the Ticket Center in Hohenschwangau. This record is the castle, not Neuschwanstein and not the Museum of the Bavarian Kings; it lies in Schwangau, not in Füssen.
Near Hohenschwangau Castle
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is King Ludwig II of Bavaria's castle in the municipality of Schwangau, Bavaria, whose foundation stone was laid in 1869; it is run by the Bavarian Palace Administration.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
Alpsee
The Alpsee is a lake at Hohenschwangau in the municipality of Schwangau, Bavaria, lying directly below Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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Hohes Schloss Füssen
The Hohes Schloss is the late-Gothic castle of the prince-bishops of Augsburg above the old town of Füssen, Bavaria, which now houses a branch gallery of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and the town's picture gallery.
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Waterfall
Lechfall
The Lechfall in Füssen, Bavaria, is where the river Lech falls over an 18th-century weir into the natural Lech gorge, below the König-Max-Steg footbridge.
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ