A brief history:
Hohenschwangau was the official summer and hunting residence of King Maxmillian II of Bavaria, his wife Marie of Prussia and their two sons Otto and Ludwig (the later King Ludwig II of Bavaria) The famous Martin Luther visited this castle before he nailed a list of the 95 Theses to a church door in protest to some of the Catholic church's practices.
Later on, when Ludwig was made king, he stayed in this castle as he was having the famous Neuschwanstein castle built.
I took a tour of this and it was pretty awesome. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, which was unfortunate. The details of the paintings, ceilings and furniture were amazing. They had a billiard table in there the was made in 1886. It was very cool.
One of the many fountains.
From Hohenschwangau, you can see a view of Neuschwanstein Castle.
There was so much to see here and so many pictures to take. I've tried to narrow it down to just a few because I don't want to inundate you.
Another great view.
After the tour and taking a ton of pictures, we began our hike up to the Neuschwanstein castle.
One thing I loved about coming here was that there was such a great diversity of people here. We passed a group of nuns who were eating bavarian pretzels. It was an amusing sight.
And now on to Neuschwanstein....
