Hohenschwangau Travel Guide
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Hohenschwangau Overview
Hohenschwangau is a village in the municipality of Schwangau (Schwangau vacation rentals | Schwangau travel guide), Ostallgäu district, Bavaria, Germany.
It is located between Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangau and is visited by about 2 million people annually, where they start tours to the former royal palaces. The town is dominated by car parks, restaurants, guesthouses, hotels and souvenir shops. Hohenschwangau is bordered by the Alpsee in the West.
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Travel Insider Tips for Hohenschwangau
I love Neuschwanstein Castle and it's environment...so scenic...so beautiful...so breathtaking!
Shared by Josie Cruz Patton, Jan 2011
Even if you do pay to visit Neuschwanstein it's very reasonable. We're very lucky and get private tours as my Uncle works there.
Shared by Sorrel Jane Willis, Jan 2011
Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangen ist wunderbar. Die Hotels & leute sind sooo freundlich & hilfsbereit. Habe viele photos & herrliche errinnerungen. wuerde gerne mal wieder zum besuch gehen!
Shared by Sigrid Shonbom, Nov 2009
Most people see the picture of King Ludwigs' Nueswanstein Castle, but his earlier castle is just below Hohenswangau Its also very nice and just below that castle are a collection of great hotels two of them--Hotel Lisl and Hotel Jagerhaus. Both have fabulous hotel restaurants. I had one of the best Wienerschnitzels at the Hotel Lisl. They have great verandas with views looking up to the castles. A short walk up past (its best to take a horsecart) Nueswanstein is a great gorge cut from rushing water.
Shared by Vaughn Filmore, Jan 2011
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle, built for King Ludwig II between 1869 and 1886 on a rugged cliff against a scenic mountain backdrop, was intended to embody the true spirit of the medieval German castle
, as the king wrote in a letter to Richard Wagner. While the building itself replicates the 13th century Romanesque style, some of the images of the murals are based on themes from Wagnerian operas such as Tannhäuser
,and Lohengrin
. The singers' hall is modelled on the banqueting hall of Wartburg Castle in Eisenach and is decorated with murals depicting, amongst other things, the Parzival legend. Neuschwanstein Castle is not a copy of a medieval castle but a characteristic example of historicism. Today Neuschwanstein is one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe. Every year 1.3 million people visit the castle of the fairy-tale king.
Hours: April - September from 9am to 6pm. October - March from 10am to 4pm.
Admission: Adults: 9,00 €, Reduced: 8,00 €. Entrance tickets can only be bought at the ticket centre in the village of Hohenschwangau below the castle. Opening hours of the ticket center: April - September from 8am to 5pm. October - March from 9am to 3pm.
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- Homepage of Hohenschwangau: Hohenschwangau (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Hohenschwangau
More about the History of Hohenschwangau
The conception of the Neuschwanstein Castle palace was outlined by Ludwig II in a letter to Richard Wagner, dated May 13, 1868. Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th century castle in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria. It is located in the German village of Schwangau (Schwangau vacation rentals | Schwangau travel guide) near the town of Füssen (Füssen vacation rentals | Füssen travel guide), part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany, very close to the border with Austria.
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