Originally designed by the dream of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The king is an art lover and has been influenced by Wagner's operas all his life. He thought of the legendary place where Snow White once lived.
He invited theater painters and stage decorators to draw architectural sketches. The dreamy atmosphere and countless swan pictures, together with the lakes and heavy lakes around the castle, are really like fairyland on earth.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria did not like politics. He focused on urging the construction of his castle. At that time, it cost a lot of money to build the castle, and he was considered unfit for rule.
The king didn't see his dream completed before his death. The castle was completed year after year by later generations. Therefore, the castle we see today has traces of cooperation between predecessors and descendants. Millions of people visit here every year, which may be unexpected by the king.
Architectural evolution of Neuschwanstein Castle 1. According to the architectural sketch data of Neuschwanstein Castle, the architectural sketch of Neuschwanstein Castle was drawn by theater painters and stage decorators in 1868. They are Pochi and Christian jank. They have designed several design drawings, all of which are very beautiful.
Neuschwanstein Castle does not particularly need landscape design, because Ludwig II had already integrated the castle with the natural landscape when he conceived the blueprint of the castle in his mind.
Because of this, the castle presents different faces in the four seasons.
Between the green forest and the wild land, there are four lakes scattered quietly, and the velvet-smooth thick lake water surrounds the castle, which is like a boulder in the beautiful mountains and rivers of nature.
Judging from the overall design and architecture, Ludwig II was a born artist.
Two. The construction process of Neuschwanstein Castle. In fact, the construction process of Neuschwanstein Castle is to abolish two old castles. 1868 After laying water pipes and building roads, the old castle was cleaned up.
A large platform was built at the top of the mountain, and the foundation stone was laid for the main part of the castle on September 5, 869.
During the construction of the castle, Ludwig II was very anxious. He often monitors the progress of the project with binoculars from his father's castle in Hohenschwangau, and the gate is the first to be completed.
1873 at the beginning, there were 200 temporary shelters at the bottom of the fort, providing meals and travel.
Until today, these temporary houses have become the famous hotel "Zur Neuen Burg".
The whole construction project consumes a lot of materials and supplies. Only 1872 used 450 tons of cement and 1845 cubic meters of lime.
From 1879 to 1880, it is conservatively estimated that 465 tons of marble from Salzburg were used.
4,550 tons of stones, 400,000 bricks, 3,600 cubic meters of sand, 600 tons of cement, 50 tons of hard coal and 2,050 cubic meters of wooden scaffolding shipped from other places must be transported to the west of the castle by steam crane first, and then transported to the second halfway station by vehicles with tilting bodies.
Next, the pulley block with accurate calculation and high engineering safety is supervised by TUV (Bavarian steam boiler supervision alliance), which is still famous today.
During the next ten years of construction, the technology and manpower invested are even more amazing.
Three. Wonderful craftsmanship and swan image Neuschwanstein Castle is decorated with swan's daily necessities, curtains and murals everywhere, and even the tap water in the bathroom is decorated with swan shapes.
As for the domestic water in the fort, a reservoir is built in a valley with a height of 200 meters to store the fresh water flowing out of the stone crevices, and natural forces and water pressure are used to provide water for the whole fort, including the top floor.
For example, there is a swan-shaped water supply device in the bedroom. When the faucet is turned on, clear water will flow out of the faucet.
In addition, there is a boiler room in the kitchen. Because of the warm air, the whole palace is very warm. In the cold winter, warm air alone is not enough. In addition, a winding device is set up to transport the fuel of the heater to all floors.
Four. Construction cost of Neuschwanstein Castle. How much did Neuschwanstein Castle cost, such a splendid and enduring building? According to the records, from design to completion, a total of 6.2 million marks were spent. If converted into current expenses, how much will it be? Because the factors involved are too complicated, as far as engineering is concerned, that is, 17 years, and because of the change of currency value, the correct answer may not be worked out.
If you make a rough estimate, the following calculation can be established. The annual income of school teachers in Bavaria ranged from 187 1 year to 2076 marks.
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, was born in Ludwig II, and was born in Ningfenburg, a suburb of Munich, on August 25th, 1845.
He was the eldest son of King Maximilian II and Queen Mary, and was named after his grandfather King Ludwig I.
The visit to Neuschwanstein Castle in the red corridor starts from the red corridor.
The "Red Monastery" is located on the second floor of Neuschwanstein Castle with a red carpet.
Before the king died, there was no portrait of himself in the castle.
Until 1988, Ludwig II Club in Munich cast a statue of him and put it here, so that every visitor can see the builder of the castle before visiting.
1. "Red Cloister" and "Red Cloister" are our entrances to the castle. Led by the English commentator, we walked to the monastery.
Before being taken away from his beloved castle due to incompetence in 1886, Ludwig II said the following ominous words to his servant stich: "stich, take good care of these rooms for me and don't let them be polluted by curious visitors. I spent the most severe time in my life here-I won't come back here again! " .
The king was unlucky when he left ... two. Servant's room next to "Red Cloister". Looking from the open window, there are five double rooms.
The room has complete sets of furniture, and two people share a room.
This furniture is made of oak.
The king's concern for his servants can be imagined.
The king's living room is located on the fourth floor.
Visitors to the castle often ask the same question. They want to know why Ludwig II built his bedroom and living room on the fourth floor.
It is more convenient and reasonable for the king's room to be located on the second floor.
But the second floor of the castle is the servant's room.
The answer to this question is actually very simple. In the Middle Ages, every monarch would set his life and residence outside the range of weapons, because weapons would destroy the lower level first when attacking and attacking the city.
Ludwig II wanted to build a castle similar to the Middle Ages, so he chose this design.
The king likes the medieval style, but now the castle is built with modern technology.
King China's bedspread in the king's living room is made of wood, with Gothic exquisite carvings on it, including the ceiling and siding, which took fourteen sculptors four years to complete.
Windows, bedspreads and chairs are all dark blue fabrics and gold embroidery, which are Ludwig II's favorite colors and the representative colors of the Bavarian royal family.
The greenhouse and the artificial stalactite cave turned into a corner of the castle and came to the king's bedroom in the castle.
Later king's living rooms were all Gothic buildings, with Wagner's medieval legendary works as themes-Tristan and Tristan isolde, Tristan, one of King Arthur's knights of the Round Table, paladin anglin, and Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg as murals.
There is an artificial stalactite cave between the king's living room and service room, which is the cave of Venus, the legendary goddess of love in Tann Hauser.
There are waterfalls and pools in it, using cutting-edge electric lights and rotating stained glass at that time. It was originally planned to be a dream light, but unfortunately it was not completed.
A place that makes people feel incredible after visiting.
After the king's palace entered the castle gate, he saw that the entrance, windows, colonnade and so on were semicircular arches, which was one of the characteristics of Roman architecture.
There is an arch on the back wall, which is called blind arch. Under its eaves and windows, there are blind arches with small round heads in series, followed by the living rooms of several kings, all of which are Gothic buildings, decorated with murals painted by Wagner's opera Legend of the Middle Ages.
1. The Palace Palace is15m high and 20m long.
Mosaic floor, the floor depicts the oval shape of the earth, with patterns of animals and plants on it.
This is a very special work.
The dome of the palace symbolizes that the stars in the sky run in the same direction as the sun, and the dendritic lamp holder made of gold brass plate is as sharp as Byzantine crown.
The lamp is also inlaid with imitations made of glass stone and ivory, which can light 96 candles and hang them between heaven and earth, symbolizing the status of the king.
The hanging branch lamp holder weighs about 900 kilograms (2000 pounds) and is installed at the top of the auditorium with chains and movable pulley locks. They can be used to lift lampholders to the floor for cleaning, or to replace used night lighting equipment in this way.
However, the king has never seen this kind of tree lampstand, because it was not placed in the throne hall until 1904 after his death. The pillars in the lower part of the throne hall are porphyry painted with purple plaster, while the pillars in the upper part are painted with turquoise plaster.
Out of the palace gate, you can see that there are many heating center systems on the right floor. Five large heating stoves are installed on the first floor, providing proper geothermal energy for the complex main castle, the king's bedroom and additional built-in tile stoves.
Two. The scenery on the balcony is from the balcony of the grand king's throne (the balcony is closed to tourists), mostly beautiful and charming Bavarian rural scenery. On the left is the clear Alpine Lake, and on the right is a smaller Swan Lake (the location of these two lakes was originally called Shiwan West Lake in ancient times).
From the balcony, you can also overlook most of Ludwig II's early years and the later enthroned Hohenschwangau, which was built in 1832 and 1838.
Behind the two lakes is the border between Alps, Germany and Austria. After crossing the Alpine Lake along the wooded hills, it is an important trade passage built by the ancient Romans between the old Hohenschwangau Castle and the Alpine Lake in the Middle Ages, and it is the road to Rome and then to Italy.
Gorgeous Singer's Hall 1. Construction Background of Singer's Hall 1867 After visiting Wartburg, Ludwig II made up his mind to build a ballroom imitation like Wartburg himself.
For a long time, Wartburg has been an important venue for singing competitions. 1868, the singer hall stage entered the most important stage of design. Because Ludwig II was deeply impressed by Richard Wagner's operas, Wagner's works were often ignited in his heart, creating a space for realizing his dreams.
So Julius Hofmann, an architect, was inspired by Wartburg and designed the banquet and singer hall in Neuschwanstein Castle.
According to the king's wishes, the furniture in this hall is even more luxurious than that in Fort Biwott.
The singer hall, from the corridor outside the hall to the oil paintings in the hall, records the heroic legend of Richard Wagner's opera parsifal.