Classic Photo Of Neuschwanstein Castle From Marienbruke Editorial Image

Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.The castle was intended as a home for the King, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer. The Marienbrücke also called Pöllatbrücke , located in the village of Schwangau near Füssen , Bavaria , is a bridge over the Pöllat visible from Neuschwanstein Castle . The Marienbrücke was initially made of wood. It is so called in honor of Marie de Hohenzollern , mother of Louis II . In 1866, the reconstruction was entrusted to the house of Eisengießerei Klett & Comp., Today MAN . It is a self-supporting iron construction cantilever which rises 92 m above the gorge. The balustrades are still original.