Hohenschwangau Castle


Hohenschwangau Castle

Hohenschwangau Castle or Schloss Hohenschwangau (lit: Upper Swan County Palace) is a 19th-century palace 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 Hohenschwangau near the town of Füssen, part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany, very close to the border with Austria.

The fortress Schwangau, which was first mentioned in historical records dating from the 12th Century, stood high up on a rock on the site of the present 19th-century Neuschwanstein castle. The knights, later counts of Schwangau, were ministerialis of the Welfs. Hiltbolt von Schwangau (1195–1254) was a minnesinger. Margareta von Schwangau was the wife of minnesinger Oswald von Wolkenstein.

Photo 71, 1985


Hohenschwangau Village

Photo 70, 1985


Hohenschwangau Village

Photo 73, 1985


Hohenschwangau Castle

Photo 72, 1985


Hohenschwangau Castle

Photo 74, 1985


Hohenschwangau Castle

Photo 75, 1985


Hohenschwangau Castle

Photo 76, 1985


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