So my husband said what do you want to do next? My answer was drive around and see what we find. He asked do you want to see a castle? I answered sure. And there it was my dream since childhood was right there it front of my eyes!
The first photo is a postcard the second one is the one I took 24 years ago.
History:
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, just north of Austria. It is located in the Swabia region of Bavaria, in the municipality of Schwangau, above the incorporated village of Hohenschwangau, which is also the location of Hohenschwangau Castle. The closest larger town is Füssen. The castle stands above the narrow gorge of the Pöllat [de] stream, east of the Alpsee and Schwansee lakes, close to the mouth of the Lech into Forggensee.
Despite the main residence of the Bavarian monarchs at the time—the Munich Residenz—being one of the most extensive palace complexes in the world, King Ludwig II of Bavaria felt the need to escape from the constraints he saw himself exposed to in Munich, and commissioned Neuschwanstein Palace on the remote northern edges of the Alps as a retreat but also in honour of composer Richard Wagner, whom he greatly admired.
Ludwig chose to pay for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing rather than Bavarian public funds. Construction began in 1869 but was never completed. The castle was intended to serve as a private residence for the king but he died in 1886, and it was opened to the public shortly after his death. Since then, more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.
Oh my goodness, only one of the most romantic castles -
“ Chitty chitty bang bang “ was filmed here and will always be a favourite of mine and my sons…
Oh and of ‘the great escape’ a beyond awesome movie.
I’m sure many more. Loved reading your summery. Great!!!
“ Chitty chitty bang bang “ was filmed here and will always be a favourite of mine and my sons…
Oh and of ‘the great escape’ a beyond awesome movie.
I’m sure many more. Loved reading your summery. Great!!!
Ian