Winter hike to Marienbrücke

A winter hike to the Marienbrücke can be wonderfully combined with a visit to the royal castles and promises a great holiday with a lot of varied impressions. The 19. Built in the century, the Marienbrücke offers a spectacular view over the wildly romantic Pöllat gorge and the fairytale castle Neuschwanstein.

Those who holiday in the Allgäuer Königswinkel in the cold months can integrate a visit to the castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau excellently into a beautiful winter hike to the Marienbrücke, where you can walk around 40 For minutes in the middle of a snowy picture book landscape. The starting point for such a winter trip is the parking spaces in Hohenschwangau, which are located in the immediate vicinity of Hohenschwangau Castle. The Hohenschwangau Ticket Center, where tickets for visiting the royal castles are available, is also located here. The royal castles are open to visitors throughout the year, except on some public holidays, and can be arranged in the form of a round 30-minütigen Looking at leadership.

First of all, on this winter excursion a visit to Hohenschwangau Castle is on the program, the King Maximilian II, the father of fairytale king Ludwig II, between 1832 and 1837 in the style of neo-Gothic to a romantic residential palace, where the royal family spent large parts of the year. So it came about that Ludwig II. He grew up at Hohenschwangau Castle and spent most of his childhood and youth. In addition to the historic rooms, whose interior design is still preserved as it was then, Hohenschwangau Palace also impresses the 90 Artful murals that come together to form a harmonious whole.

After visiting Hohenschwangau Castle, you will go up the Neuschwansteinstraße to the Marienbrücke. The cozy winter walk leads through a magnificent landscape that exudes a very special charm in winter, when it is wrapped in a white color dress. The hikers climb a mountain through a snowy forest, next to a forest road used as a toboggan run in winter, until they are in the immediate vicinity of the viewpoint “Jugend” and the Marienbrücke. Named after Queen Marie, the mother of Ludwig and Mrs Maximilian, the bridge offers a fantastic view over the wildly romantic Pöllat gorge and the nearby castle. Neuschwanstein. A better point of view for a successful photo of the fairytale castle can hardly be found. By the way, the Marienbrücke was created in the year 1845, as Maximilian II. a wooden rider walkway over the pöllat. On behalf of his son Ludwig II, he was then 1866 replaced by an iron structure. The beams have since been renewed, the railing is still the original.

Over the viewpoint “Jugend” you can get down to Neuschwanstein Castle, which is between 1869 and 1886 was built by order of King Ludwig II in the style of a medieval castle. It houses magnificent halls and rooms furnished with all kinds of art treasures and lots of gold and velvet. The castle is one of the most famous sights in Germany and is regarded everywhere in the world as a symbol of romanticism. For example, it served the Disney studios as a model for their Sleeping Beauty Castle. A visit to Neuschwanstein Castle takes you into the magical fairytale world of Ludwig II and puts everyone in awe and wonder.

The winter excursion to the Marienbrücke and the royal castles offers a wealth of varied impressions and promises an interesting and successful holiday in the Allgäu.