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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST ! Hohen­
schwangau
Practical Information
Road map D7. Schloß Neusch- Road map D7. * Schwangau 3,818.
wanstein. Neuschwan steinstraße n Schwangau, Münchenerstraße 2
20. Tel (08362) 93 08 30. Open (08362-819 80). Ticket service:
Apr–15 Oct: 9am–6pm daily; 16 Hohenschwangau Alpseestraße 12
Oct–Mar: 10am–4pm daily. Closed (08362-930 830).
1 Jan & 24, 25, 31 Dec. & 8 7 The skyline of Schwangau is
(limited access). 0 - = n dominated by two castles,
Ticket centre in Hohenschwangau.
∑ neuschwanstein.de Schloß Neuschwanstein (left)
and the majestic Schloß
Hohenschwangau. The fortified
castle that occupied this site
in the Middle Ages was remod-
elled in 1538–47 and, in 1567,
it passed into the hands of
the Wittelsbach family. It was
destroyed during the Tyrolean
War but in 1832 the heir to the
throne (later Maximilian II)
. Castle Building ordered the ruins to be rebuilt
Schloß Neuschwanstein is the in Neo-Gothic style. The plans
archetypal fairy-tale castle and were prepared by the painter
has provided the inspiration for Domenico Quaglio; after his
countless toy models, book death, work on the castle was
illustrations and film sets. continued by the architects
Georg Friedrich Ziebland and
Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller.
Courtyard This four-storey building,
The heart of the castle was standing on medieval foun-
supposed to have been a dations, is flanked by angular
mighty 90-m (295-ft) high towers. The wall paintings that
tower with a Gothic decorate the rooms of the castle
castle church. It was date from 1835–36. Their icono-
never built, but in 1988 graphic content, which is based
its planned position on old Germanic sagas, is the
was marked in
white stone. work of Moritz von Schwind. A
walk around the castle provides
an excellent opportunity to
study the Wittelsbach family
history and to see the mid-19th
century furnishings. There
are magnificent views of the
surroundings from the castle’s
lovely terraced gardens.
+ Schloß Hohenschwangau
Tel (08362) 930 830. Open Apr–mid-
Oct: 9am–6pm daily; mid-Oct–Mar:
10am–4pm daily. Closed 24 Dec. &
∑ hohenschwangau.de

Main entrance

Neo-Gothic castle of Maximilian II
in Hohenschwangau

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