The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12


grand structure in the Romanesque style,
planned somewhat after the syle of the
Wartburg. Here the influence of Wagner
on the king may be traced, for the Wart-
burg in Thuringia, is where Tannhauser
and other singers meet, in the Wagnerian
opera of that name, to compete for the
landgrave's prize.
Neuschwanstein, however, was built on
much larger and more magnificent scale
than the Wartburg. 1t is splendidly fitted
up throughout, and from its windows there
are surprisingly beautiful views of the
Hohenschwangau, the Alp-See, a little
lake far below, and the wild gorge of the
Polat.
Visitors ascend to the showrooms, which
are on the third floor, by means of stair
way in the main tower, which juts up to
height of nearly 200 feet. The Wag
merriam leanings, which were so important
a part of King Ludwig's life, are evil
denced again by series of frescoes, show
ing scenes from the life of Siegfried,
Tannhaeuser, Lohengrin and Parsifal, and
from the lives of those two familiar fig
ures in the "Meistersinger," Hans Sachs
and Walter Won der Vogelweide, which
adorn the magnificent apartments of the
third floor In the gothic bed chamber,
Wagner again comes to the fore, for it
is adorned with scenes from the story of
Christian and Isolde"
Linderhof, another of Ludwigs fantas-
tic palaces, is some seventy miles from
Munich. Like Neuschwanstein, it also is
in the Bavarian highlands, seven miles
from the famous town of Oberammergau,
renowned all over the world for its "Pas-
sion Play" Linderhof is in the rocco
style, and was built between 1869 and
1879, when Ludwig was at the height of
his wild career of money-spendng. Its
principal feature is the beautiful gardens
that surround it, which attract large num-
bers of tourists, who combine trip to
the castle with visit to Oberammergau.
In these gardens is bronze equestrian
statue of Louis XIV of France, evidence
of the mad Bavarian monarch's hallu-
cination that there was something in COM
mon between him and the great French
ruler. This crops up again in the decora-
tons of the interior of the palace which
include series of portraits of French
celebrities of the time of Louis XIV and
his successor, Louis XIV. Ludwig did not
forget statue of himself, which is one of
the adornments of the gardens of Under
hof. Another object of interest is an arti-
fetal grotto, with a small lake and water
fall, which visitors may have illuminated
with electric light, provided, however,
that they number at least ten; or, if fewer,
pay for as many as ten tickets-a good
instance of the frugality which ruled in
Bavaria following Ludwig IFS. career of
extravaganza.
Linderhof's gardens also boast kiosk,
in the Moorish style, with statistic vault
ings.
The third of the series of Ludwig IFS.
"follies" is Herrenchiemsee, an imitation of
the great palace of Versailles, situated on
an island in the Chiemsee a small lake
ffty-seven miles southeast of Munich.
Dolman and Hoffman, two of the archi
tects who built Neuschwanstein (the for
mer also did Linderhof), were engaged by
} Ludwig to design Herrenchiemsee. They
worked on it between 1873 and 1885, but
left it uncompleted, as by that time the
Bavarians had had enough of the kings
wild ways and were getting ready to
lock him up.
Herranchiemsee is built on three sides
of square, in which are fine fountains
without water, though, for many years.
In the vestibule is beautiful group of
enameled peacocks-these birds were great
favorites with Ludwig. From the vesti-
bule opens court paved with marble. OH
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