Neuschwanstein Castle
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.
- Opening hours:
April 1st–October 15th: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
October 16th–March 31st: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
January 1st, December 24th, 25, and 31: closed - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Bavaria, Germany, Europe
- Also known as: “castello di Ludwig a Füssen”, “Castillo Neuschwanstein”, “Puri Neuschwanstein”, “Schloß Neuschwanstein”, “ノイシュバンシュタイン城”, “新天鵝石城堡”, “新天鹅城堡”, and “新天鹅石宫”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Hohenschwangau Castle and Schlossgaststätte Neuschwanstein.
Hohenschwangau Castle
Hiltepold fountain
Fountain
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hohenschwangau and Schwangau.
Hohenschwangau
Village
Photo: SB68Manm, Public domain.
Neuschwanstein Castle
- Categories: palace, castle, château, museum, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Schwangau, Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55755° or 47° 33′ 27″ north
Longitude
10.74952° or 10° 44′ 58″ east
Elevation
965 metres (3,166 feet)
Established
1868–1892
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8FVGHP5X+2R
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Neuschwanstein Castle” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Neuschwanstein-kasteel”
- Arabic: “قصر نويشفانشتاين”
- Aragonese: “Castiello de Neuschwanstein”
- Armenian: “Նոյշվանշտայն”
- Asturian: “Neuschwanstein”
- Azerbaijani: “Noyşvanştayn qəsri”
- Azerbaijani: “Nöyşvanştayn qəsri”
- Bashkir: “Нойшванштайн”
- Basque: “Neuschwanstein”
- Bavarian: “Schloss Neischwanstoa”
- Belarusian: “Замак Нойшванштайн”
- Belarusian: “Нойшванштайн”
- Bosnian: “Neuschwanstein”
- Breton: “Kastell Neuschwanstein”
- Bulgarian: “Нойшванщайн”
- Catalan: “castell de Neuschwanstein”
- Catalan: “Castell de Neuschwanstein”
- Cebuano: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای نۆیشڤانشتاین”
- Chinese: “新天鵝堡”
- Chinese: “新天鹅堡”
- Chuvash: “Нойшванштайн”
- Croatian: “Dvorac Neuschwanstein”
- Czech: “Neuschwanstein”
- Danish: “Neuschwanstein”
- Danish: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
- Dutch: “Slot Neuschwanstein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر نويشفانشتاين”
- Esperanto: “Neuschwanstein”
- Estonian: “Neuschwansteini loss”
- Finnish: “Neuschwanstein”
- French: “château de Neuschwanstein”
- French: “Château de Neuschwanstein”
- Galician: “Neuschwanstein”
- Georgian: “ნოიშვანშტაინის სასახლე”
- German: “Neuschwanstein”
- German: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Nόισβανσταϊν”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Νόισβανσταϊν”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sîn Thiên-ngò-sa̍k Sàng-páu”
- Hebrew: “טירת נוישוונשטיין”
- Hindi: “नॉयश्वानश्टाइन क़िला”
- Hungarian: “Neuschwanstein kastély”
- Hungarian: “Neuschwanstein”
- Icelandic: “Neuschwanstein”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Neuschwanstein”
- Indonesian: “Neuschwanstein Castle”
- Interlingua: “Castello de Neuschwanstein”
- Italian: “castello di Neuschwanstein”
- Italian: “Castello di Neuschwanstein”
- Japanese: “ノイシュヴァンシュタインじょう”
- Japanese: “ノイシュヴァンシュタイン城”
- Javanese: “Kastil Neuschwanstein”
- Kazakh: “Нойшванштайн”
- Korean: “노이슈반슈타인성”
- Latin: “Castrum Swangowe Novum”
- Latin: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
- Latvian: “Neišvānšteina”
- Literary Chinese: “新天鵝堡”
- Lithuanian: “Noišvanšteinas”
- Low German: “Neuschwanstein”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlass Neuschwanstein”
- Macedonian: “Нојшванштајн”
- Malay: “Istana kota Neuschwanstein”
- Malay: “Istana Neuschwanstein”
- Malayalam: “ന്യൂഷ്വാൻസ്റ്റൈൻ കാസ്റ്റിൽ”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Neuschwanstein”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta’ Neuschwanstein”
- Marathi: “नॉयश्वानस्टाइन”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Neuschwanstein Siâⁿ-pó”
- Mongolian: “Нойшванштайн шилтгээн”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Neuschwanstein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neuschwanstein”
- Norwegian: “Neuschwanstein”
- Persian: “نویشوانشتاین”
- Persian: “نویشوانشتین”
- Polish: “Neuschwanstein”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Neuschwanstein”
- Romanian: “Castelul Neuschwanstein”
- Russian: “Замок Нойшванштайн”
- Russian: “Нойшванштайн”
- Scots: “Neuschwanstein Castle”
- Serbian: “Нојшванштајн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Neuschwanstein”
- Sindhi: “نيو شوانسٽائن”
- Slovak: “Neuschwanstein”
- Slovenian: “grad Neuschwanstein”
- Slovenian: “Grad Neuschwanstein”
- Spanish: “Castillo del Rey Loco”
- Spanish: “Neuschwanstein”
- Swedish: “Neuschwanstein”
- Swiss German: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
- Tamil: “நோஸ்வான்ஸ்டைய்ன் கோட்டைமனை”
- Tatar: “Нойшванштайн”
- Telugu: “న్యూష్వాన్స్టెయిన్ కోట”
- Thai: “ปราสาทน็อยชวานชไตน์”
- Turkish: “Neuschwanstein Şatosu”
- Ukrainian: “Нойшванштайн”
- Urdu: “نیوشوانسٹائن”
- Uzbek: “Noyshvanshteyn”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Neuschwanstein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Neuschwanstein”
- Welsh: “Castell Neuschwanstein”
- Western Panjabi: “نیوشوانسٹائن”
- Wu Chinese: “新天鹅堡”
- Yue Chinese: “新天鵝堡”
- Zeeuws: “Neuschwanstein”
- “Neuschwanstein”
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