The imagination of the visitor inspires the fairy tale castle in Bavaria since time immemorial. 150. Anniversary of the laying of the Foundation stone has tracked down a special team of the land criminal police office the missing cornerstone of overwhelming decor of these rooms.
On 5. September, 1869, the Bavarian fairy-tale king Ludwig II was the one of the most expensive construction projects of its time: the castle of Neuschwanstein. He was at this time at Schloss Berg am Starnberger see, another retreat of the people of king’s shy. The place of the Foundation stone was forgotten.
On the occasion of a round anniversary of the laying of the Foundation stone, the Bavarian castle administration was able to unravel the mystery: with the help of specialists of the land criminal police office, the defuse in everyday duds, and incendiary, has been located, the Foundation stone with the recessed round brass capsule.
In the spotlight: a Little above this engraved brick stone, the actual Foundation-stone, was discovered
He is located in the vicinity of an 1869 dated brick in the South wall. May the Foundation stone was marked in a vertex of the Schlossbaus, as it was originally planned.
Will removed the stone from the monument protection, the Bavarian castle administration reasons. The Fund is a small Sensation. The included brass capsule contains, among other things, the original Blueprint and a porcelain painted portrait of the fairy-tale king.
A place of longing and lucrative brand
The most famous of all the castles in Bavaria, just as many secrets as to its Builder, Ludwig II., the the served the castle as a private retreat for his dream worlds entwine.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionA castle as a myth
Built on a rock in Hohenschwangau, Neuschwanstein has become the epitome of the ideal castle. The king of Bavaria, Ludwig II ordered the building in 1869 – 1886, following the model of a medieval knight’s castle build.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionA refuge for a sensitive Regents
At the age of 18, Ludwig II became king of Bavaria. In front of the strict court ceremonial, and the political intrigues of the young Monarch took refuge in the music and in his fantastic plans. The location for this fairy-tale in Hohenschwangau, he knew the castle since his Childhood.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionChildhood dreams
Across from Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau, the castle is situated. Ludwig and his brother Otto, the summer spent here in her Childhood. The neo-Gothic building with three round towers shaped may be the architectural preferences of Louis. Like Neuschwanstein castle much later, in 1955, the model for Disney’s sleeping beauty castle was.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionOf legendary
As a big Fan of the composer Richard Wagner, Ludwig II. was fond of the Opera scenarios fed from Germanic heroic legends. For the first drafts of Neuschwanstein (figure of 1869) he hired the theater painter Christian Jank, who had co-designed the stage set of the Wagner Opera “Lohengrin”.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionSpaces with stories
Like the Wagner operas every room of myths and heroes told. The largest room in the castle, the singers ‘ hall (photo), with decorations from “Lohengrin” and “Parsifal”. On the front side of a stage, but it was never recorded. Of Ludwig’s planned 200 rooms in the castle are only 14 fully completed.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionArtificial Grotto
According to the model of a limestone cave created by the stage designer August Dirigl this cave in the castle of Neuschwanstein. They can be colour-lit, and even had originally a real waterfall. Model was the cave in the Hörselberg mountain from the Tannhäuser.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionThe bedchamber of the king
Ludwig’s bed is decorated with a filigree carving. Four years, the Carver should have worked on it. Motives of the love tragedy “Tristan and Isolde” cover the walls. 12. June 1886 was incapacitated Ludwig II and set out herein. The day after they found him and his doctor dead in the Starnberger see. The cause of death is currently unclear.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionThe throne room without a throne
Inspired by the Munich all saints Church and the Byzantine churches like the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the throne is decorated ballroom. With columns in Ludwig’s favorite color is Blue and a mosaic floor made up of two million Parts. Only after the mysterious death of the king of the space was finished, but the throne has never been established.
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Neuschwanstein castle – the fairy-tale castle and tourist attractionIcon in the style of historicism
Many believe that Neuschwanstein castle is a typical medieval castle. In fact, the castle is a freely interpreted replica of historical buildings such as the Wartburg castle in Thuringia. The architecture style was later referred to as historicism. The castle was already a few weeks after the tragic end of the fairy-tale king, an attraction for the Curious.
That he would be set in the remote castle of dreams shortly before his death and as a Ghost, sick, incapacitated, did not know Ludwig at the laying of the Foundation stone in 1869. Maybe a little, what would it cost of the construction dawned on him as well: The unfinished castle of Ludwig with the latest technology, heating and automatic toilet flushing left equip, devoured vast sums in euros, the equivalent of a three-digit million amount.
View from the tower to Neuschwanstein castle: the Wild imagination of stone in the middle of the mountainous allgäu region
The Bauschulden of the king has restored the castle, however, thanks to a persistent stream of visitors for a long time. To date, 60 million of Neuschwanstein were counted visitors. They also come to work in spite of the until 2022 ongoing renovation. The state rooms of the castle will be renovated for two years. It is the first Time since the Opening for visitors in front of more than 130 years. Outside, however, about the scaffolding on the historic construction of the gate is reduced again. The gate shines in new splendour – as a popular photo motif for tourists.