Linderhof

Schloss (castle) Linderhof is a castle in Germany, near Oberammergau in southwest Bavaria. It is the smallest of the three castles built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, also known as "Mad King Ludwig." Construction began in 1874 and finished in 1878. It is the only one of Ludwig's three castles that was completed, and is also the only one in which he lived for any significant period of time.

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Not far away from Schloss Linderhof is the Baroque monastery Ettal.

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Castle: :The article describes the fortified building. See also castle (disambiguation)...

Oberammergau: Oberammergau is a village in Bavaria in Germany, most famous for its production of a passion play depicting the life and death of Jesus. The play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plag...

Bavaria: The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km? (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany. Its capital is Munich....