Herreninsel, Fraueninsel & Krautinsel and other Schlo&#223; Herrenchiemsee, Germany Things to Do Tips

Chiemsee in Bavaria

Chiemsee is quite a large lake and it has 3 big islands in it :
Herrenchiemsee - also called Herreninsel
Frauenchiemsee - also called Fraueninsel
and Krautinsel / cabbage-island, where the ladies from the monastery grow their vegetables.
When you click on my pic, you may see the dimensions of the islands and of the castle and park of King Ludwigs great castle.

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Directions: Inside Chiemsee, opposite of Prien am Chiemsee

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Things To Do: Herrenchiemsee castle

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Schloss Herrenchiemsee

Bavaria's "mad" King Ludwig II bought this island in 1873 and started to build his most expensive castle.
He tried to build a "New Versailles" and copied some parts of it's architecture and park.

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Directions: In the castle-park

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Things To Do: great fountains - like in Versailles

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Herrenchiemsee

King Ludwig also wanted to have great fountains in front of his castle, just similar to the ones in Versailles !

The fountains will be turned on for a few minutes every half hour in summer, as long as the castle is open:

April-Sept.: 09.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m. and
Oct.-March 10.00 a.m.-04.00 p.m.
Open daily during all of the year !

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Directions: Inside the castle-park

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Things To Do: a castle for 16 Millions of Goldmark in 1885

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Schloss Herrenchiemsee

The castle was never finished, as the king had too many expensive ideas BUT not enough money.
The unfinished castle finally costed 16 Millions of Goldmark - an incredible amount of money for that time !

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Directions: Inside the castle-park

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Things To Do: the large hall of mirrors

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Herrenchiemsee

The large hall of mirrors is the highlight of every castle-tour through Herrenchiemsee , and with a total length of 98 meters it is even a bit larger than the one in Versailles !

Only GUIDED tours are available, and it is a pity, I was there too late to take such a tour.

But the park & its great fountains are free of charge.

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Directions: Inside the park

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Things To Do: Herrenchiemsee - for 9 days home of King Ludwig

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Herrenchiemsee castle in Bavaria

Georg Dollmann and Julius Hoffmann were the architects of the castle and Karl von Effner was responsible for the great architecture of the castle - gardens.

Building the castle needed 7 years ( 1878-1885) and the king finally lived there for just 9 days.

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Directions: This pic shows the sculptures on top of the main-entrance

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Things To Do: take your time when walking through the park

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Herrenchiemsee castle

Take your time, when walking through the castle-park.
I simply had just 20 minutes there, as I took the last ship going to the island, and so I had only about 20 minutes at the castle to take all these pics.
Walking to the castle and back will be another 20 minutes each direction.

But at least I did not have to share the park with plenty of other visitors, who would be walking into my pics...

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Directions: One of the fountains in front of the castle

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Things To Do: the King Ludwig II - museum

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

Herrenchiemsee

Besides the great rooms inside the castle, you may as well see The King-Ludwig II - museum on the 1st floor of the castle.

That museum is open daily 09.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m. from may to september

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Directions: On the 1st floor of the castle

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Things To Do: the strangest fountain in the park

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 17, 2003

a strange fountain in

Herrenchiemsee

The first fountain when coming from the ship-station is also the strangest, when I think about the sculptures :

a row of lots of turtles and a few crokodiles and leguans, a row of frogs, some of which have a body like humans and stand there, ovbiously screaming at the lady on top of the fountain.

Maybe you click on the pic, to see some of the datails.

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Directions: In the castle-park

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Things To Do: a strange human frog

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Written by globetrott

on Sep 18, 2003

a strange sculpture in

Herrenchiemsee