Neuschwanstein Castle | museum, listed building / architectural heritage, 19th century construction, tourist attraction

Germany / Bayern / Schwangau / Neuschwansteinstraße
 castle, museum, listed building / architectural heritage, 19th century construction, tourist attraction

Neuschwansteinstraße 20, 87645 Schwangau, Germany
www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/palace/index.htm

Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪ̯n]) is a 19th-century neo-romanticist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public right after his death in 1886. Since that time over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
This is the Castle used in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Coordinates:   47°33'27"N   10°44'58"E

Comments

  • ...its got a nice view from up here! heheh
  • it is really nice. Visited it recently
  • Wow... what an astonishing view. Neuschwanstein is brethtaking from here. Benny - http://www.neuschwansteincastle.net
  • Dreamy castle!!!
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