Lake Chiemsee and Schloss Herrenchiemsee (8 April 2006)
For 2 years, I have yet to complete Ludwig II's castles, not till last Saturday, when I finally went to Herrenchiemsee! Luckily I had the company of a nice lady, Yihan, a fellow NUS student here on exchange. While the guys went to the castle tour of Linderhof and Neuschwanstein, like I brought KT and Chunwei 2 weeks ago, Yihan went to Neuschwanstein before, so I went with her to Herrenchiemsee instead.
Herrenchiemsee is situated on Herreninsel (Men's Island), an island in Lake Chiemsee, about 1 hour by train east of Munich. There is another island in the lake, Fraueninsel (Women's Island), and both are accessible by a ferry service.
Herreninsel was acquired by King Ludwig II in 1873, and construction of the castle began in May 1878. This was supposed to be a replica of the famous Palace of Versailles , not surprising since Ludwig II was a fan of the French royal family,l especially of French King Louis XIV, the Sun King. He had many rooms in the castle copied from Versailles, and some even better, like a larger Hall of Mirrors. It was not intended to be a complete replica, as the private rooms were catered to Ludwig's tastes. This was also the most expensive of the 3 casltes that he built, and yet the least completed. Inside the castle is also the King Ludwig II Museum.
Sorry, no photos allowed inside the castle.
Entrance to Prien am Chiemsee, where the ferry service starts
We got a nice seat
Mountains and water, what could be better?
The palace through the Schloss Canal
The lake is beautiful, isn't it?
Again, the Alps
Fraueninsel
The Augustinian Monastery on Herreninsel
The road to the castle
Almost there...
First sight of the castle
Yup, had to start somewhere, right?
The palace gardens, they planted the flowers already
The front of the castle
That's Yihan and myself
Inside the fountain. No water, no harm... at least I think so
View out the Schloss Canal
Again, the 2 of us. They cover the statues and fountains in winter, so that explains the ugly white ice-cream cone
From the top of the Augustinian Monastery
Can you see the moon?
Departing Herreninsel
Last shot of Fraueninsel
Beautiful, isn't it? I might want to spend a weekend there just to relax... in summer of course!
Photobucket: Lake Chiemsee and Schloss Herrenchiemsee
Herrenchiemsee is situated on Herreninsel (Men's Island), an island in Lake Chiemsee, about 1 hour by train east of Munich. There is another island in the lake, Fraueninsel (Women's Island), and both are accessible by a ferry service.
Herreninsel was acquired by King Ludwig II in 1873, and construction of the castle began in May 1878. This was supposed to be a replica of the famous Palace of Versailles , not surprising since Ludwig II was a fan of the French royal family,l especially of French King Louis XIV, the Sun King. He had many rooms in the castle copied from Versailles, and some even better, like a larger Hall of Mirrors. It was not intended to be a complete replica, as the private rooms were catered to Ludwig's tastes. This was also the most expensive of the 3 casltes that he built, and yet the least completed. Inside the castle is also the King Ludwig II Museum.
Sorry, no photos allowed inside the castle.
Entrance to Prien am Chiemsee, where the ferry service starts
We got a nice seat
Mountains and water, what could be better?
The palace through the Schloss Canal
The lake is beautiful, isn't it?
Again, the Alps
Fraueninsel
The Augustinian Monastery on Herreninsel
The road to the castle
Almost there...
First sight of the castle
Yup, had to start somewhere, right?
The palace gardens, they planted the flowers already
The front of the castle
That's Yihan and myself
Inside the fountain. No water, no harm... at least I think so
View out the Schloss Canal
Again, the 2 of us. They cover the statues and fountains in winter, so that explains the ugly white ice-cream cone
From the top of the Augustinian Monastery
Can you see the moon?
Departing Herreninsel
Last shot of Fraueninsel
Beautiful, isn't it? I might want to spend a weekend there just to relax... in summer of course!
Photobucket: Lake Chiemsee and Schloss Herrenchiemsee
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