Royal House on Schachen

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Royal House on Schachen

The royal house on Schachen is 1866  m above sea level. NN high on the Schachen mountain south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Wetterstein Mountains . King Ludwig II of Bavaria had the castle built between 1869 and 1872 according to plans by Georg Dollmann as a wooden frame in the Swiss chalet style . The term “hunting lodge” is often used for the building, although Ludwig II did not believe in hunting.

The royal house is under monument protection and is registered with the equipment under the file number D-1-80-117-277 in the Bavarian monument list.

Building description

With its wooden shutters and art-sawn balcony railings, the royal house looks rather modest from the outside compared to other Ludwig buildings.

inner space

While with Swiss pine -paneled rooms (living room, study, bedroom, toilet) are kept relatively simple on the ground floor, located upstairs, the Turkish Room , a ceremonial hall in the Moorish style, the king along the lines of a palace in Eyüp in Istanbul did make . Precious oriental splendor unfolds here; a fountain splashes, fine carpets cover the floor, gilded carvings, peacock feathers, luxurious divans, enameled vases, splendid chandeliers and colored glass windows create an atmosphere of the Arabian Nights in which the king could feel like sultan, sheikh and emir. Ludwig II spent his name and birthday several times in the royal house on the Schachen on August 25th . Today, on this occasion, every year loyalists, believers and hikers gather for a traditional mountain mass.

Farm buildings

Royal house with the former farm buildings

The former farm buildings are now a mountain hut , the Schachenhaus .

Alpine garden

Below the castle there is a botanical alpine garden that was laid out in 1901. It is a branch of the Munich Botanical Garden and contains over 1000 mountain plants from all mountains in the world, from the Alps to the Himalayas .

location

The castle can be reached via a road from Schloss Elmau (closed forest path ) - today known as the Königsweg - on which King Ludwig II was driven up in a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh. Today the royal house can only be reached by tourists on foot (approx. 3-4 hours walk).

About halfway along the Königsweg between Schloss Elmau and the Königshaus is the Wettersteinalm , and further up, 200 meters below the castle, the Schachensee .

  • Königshaus Schachen as seen from the Bockhütte in Reintal .

  • Mountain mass on the Schachen (every year on August 25)

  • View from the west: Reintal and the Königshaus am Schachen

literature

  • Ludwig Merkle: Ludwig II and his castles . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7654-2758-6 .
  • Michael Neumann-Adrian: The King Ludwig Wanderbuch . Buchendorfer Verlag Munich, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-937090-09-2 .
  • Botanical Garden Munich and Society of Friends of the Botanical Garden (ed.): Botanical Garden Munich , Munich Publishing House, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7630-4013-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Gast: Royal Alpine Dreams. 150 years of Soiernhaus. In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Hrsg.): Lech-Isar-Land 2017. Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch. Weilheim 2016, pp. 129–142, here p. 135.
  2. ↑ Andreas Gröger "Die Alpinensammlung" in Botanischer Garten München , pp. 118–127, MünchenVerlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7630-4013-1

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 11.3 "  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 45.7"  E