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Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the in the very south of Germany, near the border with .
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  • 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: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hohenschwangau Castle and Schlossgaststätte Neuschwanstein.

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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. is situated 1 km west of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant.

School
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is a school, which is situated 510 metres west of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hohenschwangau and Schwangau.

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

Village
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is a village.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southeast of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Latitude
47.55755° or 47° 33′ 27″ north
Longitude
10.74952° or 10° 44′ 58″ east
Elevation
965 metres (3,166 feet)
Inception
1868—1892
Open location code
8FVGHP5X+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 221601969
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
2864198
Wiki­data ID
Q4152
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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: “Neuschwanstein Siâⁿ-pó”
  • Chinese: “新天鵝堡”
  • Chinese: “新天鵝石城堡”
  • Chinese: “新天鹅城堡”
  • Chinese: “新天鹅堡”
  • Chinese: “新天鹅石宫”
  • 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”
  • German: “Schloß Neuschwanstein”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Nόισβανσταϊν”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Νόισβανσταϊν”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sîn Thiên-ngò-sa̍k Sàng-páu”
  • Hebrew: “טירת נוישוונשטיין”
  • Hungarian: “Neuschwanstein kastély”
  • Hungarian: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Icelandic: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Neuschwanstein”
  • Indonesian: “Neuschwanstein Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Puri Neuschwanstein”
  • Interlingua: “Castello de Neuschwanstein”
  • Italian: “castello di Ludwig a Füssen”
  • Italian: “castello di Neuschwanstein”
  • Italian: “Castello di Neuschwanstein”
  • Italian: “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”
  • 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”
  • Portuguese: “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”
  • Slovenian: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Spanish: “Castillo del Rey Loco”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Neuschwanstein”
  • Spanish: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Spanish: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
  • Spanish: “Schloß Neuschwanstein”
  • Swedish: “Neuschwanstein”
  • Tamil: “நோஸ்வான்ஸ்டைய்ன் கோட்டைமனை”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทน็อยชวานชไตน์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schloss Neuschwanstein”
  • 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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