Q 01/05

Neuschwanstein stands in which German state?

A) Thuringia

B) Bavaria

C) Hesse

D) Saxony

Answer · why

B) Bavaria

Bavaria. Its young king built the castle in the far south of his realm, hard by the Austrian border, as a private retreat from the court in Munich.

Q 02/05

The castle was built in honour of which composer?

A) Franz Liszt

B) Richard Wagner

C) Johannes Brahms

D) Anton Bruckner

Answer · why

B) Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner. The king called the castle a temple for his 'divine friend', yet the composer died in 1883, a year before Ludwig could first stay in i...

Q 03/05

What is the closest larger town to Neuschwanstein?

A) Füssen

B) Garmisch-Partenkirchen

C) Kempten

D) Oberammergau

Answer · why

A) Füssen

Füssen. Visitors coming by rail get off there and take a bus to the village below the castle, and the last 1.5 kilometres are a steep uphill walk.

Q 04/05

By which nickname is Neuschwanstein's builder, King Ludwig II, best known today?

A) The Sun King

B) The Winter King

C) The Citizen King

D) The Fairy-Tale King

Answer · why

D) The Fairy-Tale King

The Fairy-Tale King. From 1875 he slept by day and lived by night, riding out in ornate sleighs, and locals still call him by the fond dialect name 't...

Q 05/05

In what architectural style was the castle built?

A) Neo-Gothic

B) Neo-Romanesque

C) Neo-Baroque

D) Neo-Classical

Answer · why

B) Neo-Romanesque

Neo-Romanesque. The first drawings showed a late Gothic 'robber knight's castle' until the king asked for a Romanesque one instead; only his bedroom a...