Rose Island (Lake Starnberg)

Rose Island

The rose garden and casino

Rose Island in Lake Starnberg is the only island in the lake and site of a royal villa of King Ludwig II of Bavaria which had been commissioned by his father. He was particularly attached to this place and made frequent renovations and remodelings of the small garden and the villa, which is called casino. Guests on the island were the composer Richard Wagner, his close friend Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis, Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Czarina Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. The villa is today a small museum, open to the general public.

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Bavarian Palace Department | Rose Island

Buildings associated with Ludwig II of Bavaria

Palaces/castles built	Herrenchiemsee Königshaus am Schachen Linderhof Neuschwanstein

Others	Nymphenburg (Birth) Hohenschwangau Berg (Death)

Planned	Falkenstein Castle

Coordinates: 47°56′28″N 11°18′32″E / 47.941°N 11.309°E / 47.941; 11.309

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