Bavaria - In the Footsteps of King Ludwig II | Discover Germany

this memorial cross at Lake Starnberg marks the spot where king ludwig ii of bavaria lost his life in the summer of 1886 the circumstances are still shrouded in mystery on the anniversary of his death people regularly assemble on the shores of a lake King Ludwig II lived to be only 40 remains alive in many of their hearts the Ludwig that's why T Ludwig the second is still seen as a fairytale figure he left us the palaces through them Bavaria has become a bit more beautiful and attractive and we're grateful that we had him Shino on unseen de on Myeongdong board Osman copped on the trip to the fairy tale Kings castles and palaces begins on Chiemsee Bavaria's largest lake during his lifetime he was criticized for his expensive building projects but today they serve as major tourist attractions a boat takes us to an island that Ludwig bought for his most important building project the Helen indle offered the shy monarch the seclusion he wanted he started to build head and Keim's a palace in 1878 but he only had the opportunity to stay there for a few days after his death all construction work discontinued and the building was open for the public a magnificent stairway leads to the Royal bedchamber Ludwig admired the absolute monarchs of France and was especially fascinated by the court of louis xiv the Sun King Hannon Kings a palace was meant to be a perfect replica of Si but the Bavarian King's palaces had no official function they were just for him alone his hall of mirrors was illuminated by almost 2,000 candles in the evening the corn gluten even schizont cinta King Ludwig spent in total of ten days here in the palace in late 1885 at the end of September muslin when it got dark 35 servants had to light all the candles in the palace afterwards with the servants all had to disappear and the king was all alone here in the palace many rooms in the vast palace remain unfinished to this day farther west in the Al Gore region lies the most famous castle in Bavaria neuschwanstein the castle attracts about 1.3 million visitors annually more than any other its location on top of a rocky mountain makes it unique with neuschwanstein ludwig wanted to create his ideal medieval castle he was enthralled by tales of the Middle Ages his minstrels Hall was meant to be a tribute to chivalry but behind the medieval appearance were modern conveniences there was even a telephone no spawn Stein had running water on all its floors and hot water in the kitchen the automatics pit was also very modern for its time not far away near a'tall stands the only one of Ludwig's palaces completed during his lifetime Linda Hoff Linda Hove is also the only palace Ludwig lived in for a longer period of time it was finished in 1874 in Baroque style surrounded by a large park the park boasts an artificial limestone cave the Venus grotto build into the hillside the grotto had a heated pool in one of the first electric lighting systems in the kingdom more of a hideaway than all his castles and palaces and reachable only by foot the Kings house on Chakan high in the mountains near garmisch-partenkirchen at an elevation of 1,900 meters King Ludwig had an old hunting lodge remodeled you wouldn't know it from the simple living quarters but he established a fantasy world here as well the Turkish room a touch of the Orient in the mountains of Bavaria Ludwig retreated here on his birthday every year draped in oriental robes with a water pipe and tea the fairytale king certainly left his mark on Bavaria with his castles palaces and love of the mountains

Channel: DW News

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Keywords: King Ludwig II, Bavaria, neuschwanstein, richard wagner, discover germany, deutsche welle

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Length: 6min 4sec (364 seconds)

Published: Mon May 27 2013