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visited Berg upon the King's invitation. Ludwig made it her residence for the duration of her visit and had it magnificently decorated for the occasion, as the site was otherwise rather modestly appointed by Ludwig's standards. He held a legendary festival in her honor with lanterns throughout the
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After the king's death the house, still owned by the royal family, became a museum and in 1939 was declared a monument, as it had not been changed since Ludwig's death, and thus acquired not only a historical but also a cultural significance.
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were found dead in the shallow waters at the banks of Lake Starnberg. The deaths remain contested, despite the official statement of drowning. A votive chapel and a memorial cross in the lake's shallows mark the site since.
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Ludwig II used the site as his summer residence, moving here regularly every year on 11 May. For this purpose he established a telegraph line from Berg to the capital
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followed him as head of the House of Wittelsbach. However, Franz decided to officially live in Munich instead, where he occupies a wing of the
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View through the park to the lake where a cross marks the spot in the shallow water where Ludwig II's body was found on 13 June 1886.
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patrician family that had previously owned several properties in the area. The manor house is located on the shore of
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On 12 June 1886, Ludwig, after he had just been declared mentally impaired and incapable of ruling and his uncle
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Berg Palace as reconstructed after World War II to its 17th-century appearance, viewed from Lake Starnberg
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The surrounding park was fashioned and cultivated by his predecessors according to contemporary ideas of
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The palace as it appeared before World War II, in its 19th-century Gothic revival style, c. 1886
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villa by Hans Georg von Hörwarth on the site of an older manor house. Hörwarth came from an
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It is not clear what became of this structure. This kiosk is not to be confused with the "
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and his psychotherapist Gudden on a walk in the park that ended fatally for both of them.
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and four towers, for which the king bought additional land. Maximilian's son
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Ludwig II. and His Dream Castles: The Fantasy World of a Storybook King
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and location of his disputed death. Today, it serves as residence of
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had designed and built for the Winter Garden on the roof of the
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Residence of the Duke of Bavaria at Lake Starnberg, Germany
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The hunting lodge with a formal Baroque garden around 1700
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Castle and the fleet of magnificent ships, led by the
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In 1876 the King had a small chapel built. 458: 456: 604: 590: 497:, designed by Carl von Diebitsch for the 453: 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 403: 279: 271: 175: 120: 435: 723:Gothic Revival architecture in Germany 700: 585: 47:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 227:Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 13: 545:Modern photographs of Schloss Berg 14: 734: 206: 391: 375: 246: 213: 23: 267: 34:needs additional citations for 504: 483: 442: 326:In 1868 the Czarina of Russia 1: 418:Wittelsbach Compensation Fund 449:Website of Berg municipality 180:Berg Palace on the banks of 7: 708:Royal residences in Bavaria 292:Between 1849 and 1851 King 10: 739: 612:Buildings associated with 530: 171: 58:"Berg Palace" Bavaria 679: 651: 620: 422:Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria 296:instructed the architect 469:. 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German
Lake Starnberg
Berg
Upper Bavaria
Germany
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Franz, Duke of Bavaria
Wittelsbach

Lake Starnberg
Italian Renaissance
Augsburg
Lake Starnberg
Possenhofen Castle
The hunting lodge with a formal Baroque garden around 1700
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Starnberg
Max Emanuel

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