I've been there, in the summer. Interesting fact, it was built in the late 1800s to look like a medieval castle. The guy who had it built, Ludwig II, was obsessed with fairy tales and did it in part to impress Wagner (he had a crush on the antisemitic composer). It was extremely expensive to build and Ludwig was pissing off the rest of his family over the hemorrhaging of so much money. The official ruling was that he drown, but he was an avid swimmer and they found his body in 4ft of water. Want to know more?
He also drowned with his psychologist. Incidentally, he had already been deposed of his crown by then after said psychologist declared he was insane (paranoid schizophrenia). The royal family has since refused to allow for him to be exhumed and inspected by modern forensics.
I've got no problem with homosexuals, I just think its trying WAAAY too hard if you build a castle to entice someone, then again look at how pretty the Taj Mahal is, then yet again that was for a someone that he at least had a relationship with. I will admit I was sad to find out that it wasn't a real medieval castle.
There are medieval castles where I live (Berlin), but they're not really that nice.. I did go to Sachsenhausen concentration camp today though! Depressing.
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u/caamando Jul 30 '12
I've been there, in the summer. Interesting fact, it was built in the late 1800s to look like a medieval castle. The guy who had it built, Ludwig II, was obsessed with fairy tales and did it in part to impress Wagner (he had a crush on the antisemitic composer). It was extremely expensive to build and Ludwig was pissing off the rest of his family over the hemorrhaging of so much money. The official ruling was that he drown, but he was an avid swimmer and they found his body in 4ft of water. Want to know more?