Schwarzenberg

Schwarzenberg is a mountain in Carinthia, Austria and has an elevation of 839 metres. Schwarzenberg is situated nearby to the village Hohenschwangau, as well as near Alterschrofen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hohenschwangau Castle and Neuschwanstein Castle.

Hohenschwangau Castle

Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, and was the childhood residence of his son, King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.

Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria.

Alpsee

Lake

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Alpsee is a lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany, located about 4 kilometres southeast of Füssen. It is close to the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hohenschwangau and Ziegelwies.

Hohenschwangau is a former village and now an urban district of the municipality of Schwangau, Ostallgäu district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located between Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangau and is visited by about two million people annually, where they start tours to the former royal palaces.