Neuschwanstein Castle stands above Hohenschwangau near Füssen in the southeastern Bavarian Allgäu region. The building was erected from 1869 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II as an idealized image of a knight’s castle from the Middle Ages.
Tourist trap. Also very small, it’s basically a scale model of a real castle.
Source: local.
Every east coast city in America has buildings older than Neuschwanstein.
Historically not a castle but a country villa. However, VERY large.
Historical fact: because the Bavarian king did not get enough money from the state government, he took money from the Prussian king. In return, he had to go to war against France with Prussia and the other states of the North German Confederation in 1871. And after the victory in Versailles, he had to bend the knee before the Emperor of the newly founded state of “Germany”. The German Emperor was the (former) King of Prussia.
My limited grasp of German tells me that “Neuschwanstein” means “new dick rock” and I won’t be convinced otherwise
Honestly, pretty disappointed.
The castle was too new (built in the late 19th c… !?)
and the tour busses… my god. Huge parking lot, full of tour busses.
Go to Hohensalzburg instead. That’s a *serious* castle.
“You’re my little choochy face”
Can’t wait to go finally in September.
Sigh. Germany is so beautiful. I hope one day to live there.
Thats where I got engaged to my now wife
Sometimes it feels like 10% of the images on the internet are of Schloss Neuschwanstein…
Literally, I’m cycling there from munich tomorrow!
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Neuschwanstein Castle stands above Hohenschwangau near Füssen in the southeastern Bavarian Allgäu region. The building was erected from 1869 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II as an idealized image of a knight’s castle from the Middle Ages.
Aka Disney Castle in real Life
Historistic, overrated tourist trap.
Alternative: finished, a little bit hidden tourist trap (with far less tourists): https://www.burg-eltz.de/en/
Tourist trap. Also very small, it’s basically a scale model of a real castle.
Source: local.
Every east coast city in America has buildings older than Neuschwanstein.
Historically not a castle but a country villa. However, VERY large.
Historical fact: because the Bavarian king did not get enough money from the state government, he took money from the Prussian king. In return, he had to go to war against France with Prussia and the other states of the North German Confederation in 1871. And after the victory in Versailles, he had to bend the knee before the Emperor of the newly founded state of “Germany”. The German Emperor was the (former) King of Prussia.
My limited grasp of German tells me that “Neuschwanstein” means “new dick rock” and I won’t be convinced otherwise
Honestly, pretty disappointed.
The castle was too new (built in the late 19th c… !?)
and the tour busses… my god. Huge parking lot, full of tour busses.
Go to Hohensalzburg instead. That’s a *serious* castle.
“You’re my little choochy face”
Can’t wait to go finally in September.
Sigh. Germany is so beautiful. I hope one day to live there.
Thats where I got engaged to my now wife
Sometimes it feels like 10% of the images on the internet are of Schloss Neuschwanstein…
Literally, I’m cycling there from munich tomorrow!