The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-12-14
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The Citicnhsee Palace Of King Ludwig H.
The Old Bavarfan Castle Called Herren-
wortI--Audience Rooms and Reception
| Eooms--; A Portland Woman's oberya-
tons FeudaI Relics.
! RASLE, Switzerland, Nov IL, 1891.
Ia my cinidhoud 1 was great lover Of
the Arabian Nights The wonderful
stories OF the Genii and the Fairy Lamp
excited IN my mind for the moment n KIND
! OF iDtdxicatiop, and all the eharact rs be-
/ came living realities, SO that for hours
after residing the book became a dreamer.
Ihe whole earth and air were filled with
these imaginary creations and used TO
see what further wonders MY own mind
| could create; what possibilities there still
m2ht be, in wealth and treasure, in gems
and pati,tiI g.. | would construct rich
apartments, containing, fabulous peo-
| PIE, and make for thpm draperles wrought
in god and beaded with pearls, and have
for rich frescoings real pan0fanas Of staf t.
iipg events. | furnished for MY fairy pee
pie toilet services of gold embossed with
Cupids, COLLINS ana witches and placed
them on crmuAdes Of silver and email in
costly Diosaic. 1 had my people walk on
par qnets polished like mirrors and inlaid
with rose and sandal wood, and sometimes
ON carpets like thick moss woven out of
the silkIest velvet. :" lie chairs were of
gold inlald with diamonds. and my hero
lnes looked into convex mirrors which dis
played them walking in arcsded grott)s.
which doubly duplicated all the real mag
nIfieence.
i iiied TO imagine their sleep made sweet
ON oensteads Of solid gold and mattresses
Of stuff as fine as sea maidens' hair, with
sfiken sheets and blankets Of velvet and
counterpanes of gold lace, while their
a. aus rested on choicest eider-down No
cares OF state were to enter such cham
Der, no embarrassment of riches, no com
plications of business aud no remorse or
pleasure, but their dreams were to De
sweeter than the dreams of angels, and
each night my heroes were waited into
lard mOre btDpy than Araby the hlesT.
Such habItatiOBs as these my childish
mind manufactured. Since | lett child
noud IL has not occurred TO mr that such
realities were possible, OK that these Cha-
teaux en- Espagne might be actually bulded
palaces. But all who visit Herreelnsel
and 20 through the Schlnss Herren-Chem,
see can testify shan my chimescal fancies
are more than realized.
THE CHIEMsEE
This castle Of the mad King Ludwig III.
Is in southern Germany, midway between
Salzburg and Munich, so that from either
OF these charming cities ride Of two hours
and bali will bring the traveller to the
borders of this beautiful Bavarian lake,
called the Chiemsee, for tits on the direct
line from Austria to Bavaria, and the
trains are so arranged for the convenience
OF tourists. as 10 connect with the variOu,
boats which run to Herreninsel from
Stock, their landing, which is connected
with the charming village of Prien by
steam tramway. The railway station Is
at Prien. which is also itself quiet resort
10 the midst of the lakes and Mountains of
Bavaria, The steamers plv eight times
daily to this castle and six times to another
beautiful island called FraueniDsel, which
is resort and contains picturesque con-
vent. The steamers also make the whole
circuit of the lake two or three times daily
which sail is wonderfully delightful to
lovers OF such amusement.
HERREN-INSEL.
The boats leave you at the foot of the
oldest of the Bavarian castles called Her
renworth which is quaint old relic stu
ated at five or ten minutes distance from
the new palace.
King Ludwig himself had tramway
propelled by water power, but sight
seers have no other means OF reaching this
marvellous place but to walk. The king
also had private barge to fetch him from
the main land, fitted up like all the rest of
his appointments, which must have re-
sembled Cl5opatra's barge in magnifcence.
He used to take long sails 10 this barge and
be out for whole day when his erratic
fancy willed.
THE PALACE AND GROUNDS.
The castle and grounds are surrounded
on every side but one by the lake. The
grounds are extraordinarily adorned and
cultivated with great care. Fine statues
embellish the garden everywhere and
wonderful fountains shoot up their silver
spray from all parts.
KING LUDWIG III.
When the mad king Ludwig built this
wonderful palace all Bavaria mourned.
since he took their gold from the treasury
and taxed the people more than they could
bear. But they iaolzed their king, who In
the beginning had not so fully developed
those traits of character which afterwards
made him an inmate of an ASYLUM from
which he escaped TO a watery grave At
the time he built Herrenchiemsee and two
other palaces near tine Tyrol, Linderhof
and Nsu-Srhwanstelu, the malay "Groa-
sen Wann" seemed like the eccentrcity of
highly wrought mind, which not only
desired To- make it self ruler Of people but
lord of ALL
But mad as be was he builded better
than he dreamed for Bavaria; for before
lnHuy years. the revenue from these castles
anh The moDey brought into the kingdom
y foreigoers wilt have paid douoly the
d 1T ahd the castles themselves will stand
tor perpetual revenue to the nation. 1t
Is now estimated that through the rail-
road, alone from foreigners 100000 marks
are brought into the country annually. and
that each summer 5000 people visit this
palace alone thu entrance faa which iS