Bavarian Swabia
Ostallgäu
Schwangau

Hohenschwangau Castle

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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 19th-century castle
  • Also known as: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Address: Alpseestraße 30, Hohenschwangau, Schwangau, 87645
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Neuschwanstein Castle and Museum of the Bavarian Kings.

Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
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 . is situated 1 km east of Hohenschwangau Castle.

Museum
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is situated 220 metres south of Hohenschwangau Castle.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 300 metres west of Hohenschwangau 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.

Quarter
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is a quarter, which is situated 3 km west of Hohenschwangau Castle.

Hohenschwangau Castle

Latitude
47.55556° or 47° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
10.73605° or 10° 44′ 10″ east
Elevation
844 metres (2,769 feet)
Height
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8FVGHP4P+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 177870937
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
3205536
Wiki­data ID
Q161988
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hohenschwangau Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر هوهينشفانغاو”
  • Basque: “Hohenschwangau gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Хоэншвэнгаў”
  • Breton: “Kastell Hohenschwangau”
  • Bulgarian: “Хоеншвангау”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Hohenschwangau”
  • Catalan: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Cebuano: “Schloß Hohenschwangau”
  • Chinese: “旧天鹅堡”
  • Chinese: “霍恩施旺高城堡”
  • Chinese: “高地天鹅堡”
  • Chinese: “高天鵝堡”
  • Chinese: “高天鹅堡”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Hohenschwangau”
  • Czech: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Czech: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Czech: “Zámek Hohenschwangau”
  • Danish: “Hohenschwangau Slot”
  • Dutch: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Dutch: “Slot Hohenschwangau”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Hohenschwangau”
  • Estonian: “Hohenschwangau loss”
  • Finnish: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • French: “Chateau de Hohenschwangau”
  • French: “château de Hohenschwangau”
  • French: “Château de Hohenschwangau”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Hohenschwangau”
  • Galician: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Georgian: “ჰოენშვანგაუს სასახლე”
  • German: “Burg Schwanstein”
  • German: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • German: “Schwanstein”
  • Hebrew: “טירת הוהנשוואנגאו”
  • Hebrew: “טירת הוהנשוונגאו”
  • Hungarian: “Hohenschwangau kastély”
  • Hungarian: “hohenschwangaui kastély”
  • Italian: “castello di Hohenschwangau”
  • Italian: “Castello di Hohenschwangau”
  • Italian: “Castello Hohenschwangau”
  • Japanese: “ホーエンシュヴァンガウじょう”
  • Japanese: “ホーエンシュヴァンガウ城”
  • Japanese: “ホーエンシュバンガウ城”
  • Japanese: “ホーヘンシュヴァンガウ城”
  • Japanese: “ホーヘンシュバンガウ城”
  • Korean: “호엔슈방가우성”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Persian: “قلعه هوهن شوانگائو”
  • Polish: “Zamek Hohenschwangau”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Hohenschwangau”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Hohenschwangau”
  • Portuguese: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Hohenschwangau”
  • Portuguese: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Hohenschwangau”
  • Russian: “Замок Хоэншвангау”
  • Russian: “Хоэншвангау”
  • Slovak: “Zámok Hohenschwangau”
  • Slovenian: “grad Hohenschwangau”
  • Slovenian: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Slovenian: “Schwanstein”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Hohenschwangau”
  • Spanish: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Swedish: “Hohen Schwangau”
  • Swedish: “Hohenschwangau”
  • Thai: “Castle Hohenschwangau”
  • Thai: “Schloss Hohenschwangau”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทโฮเอินชวังเกา”
  • Thai: “วังโฮเอินชวังเกา”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Гоеншванґау”
  • Uzbek: “Hohenschwangau qal’asi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Hohenschwangau”
  • Welsh: “Castell Hohenschwangau”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلع ہوہنشوانگوا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہوہنشوانگاؤ”
  • Wu Chinese: “高天鹅城堡”

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