Tour of the Castles of Mad King Ludwig II – Linderhof Castle

We took a tour bus to visit the castles of  King Ludwig II. The tour guide was excellent and gave us lots of information about Germany and Bavaria.

There was at the time, no speed limit on the autobahn but this was being changed even though the road deaths in Germany were minor compared to other countries with enforced speed limits. Crazy isn’t it. It doesn’t matter what the facts are if some politician thinks he can win votes and collect revenue by passing a law where one isn’t required.

However, we were off to Linderhof Castle to see the first of the three castles on the tour.

King Ludwig II was an extremely private individual who designed this palace to ensure he had complete privacy.

This was the only castle that Ludwig completed before his untimely death at a young age under rather suspicious circumstances. It has never been proved if he died of natural causes or was assassinated.

King Ludwig was an admirer of the arts and especially Richard Wagner and he had a beautiful theater constructed in the castle where he could stage performances of his favorite operas.

He was also an extravagant person who almost bankrupted his country with his excesses.