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Encyclopedia > Nymphenburg castle

Nymphenburg castle is a beautiful palace where the Bavarian royal family used to have a summer residence in the 1600's.


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Among the highlights are the former bedroom of King Ludwig II and the impressive banquet hall with fine ceiling frescoes by Johann Baptist Zimmermann.
Nymphenburg was originally Ferdinand Maria's present to his wife Henriette Adelaide on the birth of his heir, in 1675.
From 1715 on, fired by their monarch's enthusiasm, the craftsmen, hired for the most part from France or Flanders, worked wonders in the expansion of Nymphenburg and the building of Schleißheim Palace.
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