An overnight stay in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the hotel Obermujle gave us our first view of Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain at 2962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, and the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountain range. Zugspitze is on the Austrian – German border and lies south of Garmisch- Partenkirchen. It was quite exciting to […]
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Extravaganza – Schloss Linderhof | King Ludwig
October 13, 2014 by
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King Ludwig II built a third castle in the Graswang Valley where his father Maximilian II owned a hunting lodge called “Konigshauschen”. This would become Schloss (Castle) Linderhof a smaller version of Versailles; the only castle King Ludwig II lived to see completed and lived in for a short time. King Ludwig planned a new […]