Alps

Bavaria's high tourist attraction is due to its rich

Alpine scenery

cultural and historical heritage and its unforgettable natural beauty. The Alps and the 2962-meter-high Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany, fascinating lakes on the frontier of the Alps such as Chiemsee and K?nigssee, the Bavarian Forest Park, the Franconian Jura Mountains, Fichtel The mountains, the Steiger Forest, the Spessart Mountains and many other areas offer travelers unique opportunities to appreciate nature and recharge their bodies and minds. The mountains are a paradise for hiking, and the lakes on the Alpine frontier and the new Franconian reservoirs created during the construction of the Main-Danube Canal attract people to engage in water sports.

Neusschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle was built in 1869. It is located on a small peak among the peaks on the outskirts of Fuessen, a small town in southern Bavaria.

View Neuschwanstein Castle at the foot of the mountain

It was designed according to the dream of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and took 17 years to build. The castle is filled with a medieval atmosphere. Viewed from different angles, the castle shows endless changes.

Ludwig II was a lover of art. He was influenced by Wagner's operas throughout his life. He conceived the place where the legendary Snow White once lived. He invited theater painters and stage decorators, rather than architects, to draw architectural sketches and began building Neuschwanstein Castle, using Wagner's musical "Swan Rider" as inspiration.

When Ludwig II conceived the blueprint for the castle in his mind, he had already integrated the castle and the natural landscape into one. With the dreamy atmosphere, countless swan pictures, and the lake surrounding the castle, the sinking water makes Neuschwanstein Castle truly like a fairyland on earth.

Nymphenburg

Located in the northwest suburbs of Munich, Nymphenburg is the summer palace of princes of all ages. At the beginning of the 18th century, Elector Max expanded his mother's country villa into a palace, which is now Nymphenburg. The entire palace faces east and west, and is composed of square buildings connected together, with a length of 600 meters. The main building is majestic and magnificent, and the two unfolded wings are symmetrical and harmonious. From a distance, the priorities are clear. There are exhibition halls from various countries in the palace, among which the China Pavilion is the most noteworthy. The decorations inside are all Chinese-style. The wallpaper screens are painted with dragons and phoenixes, landscapes, flowers and birds, insects and fish, and Chinese lacquerware and porcelain are also displayed. There is a unique Qunfang Gallery in the palace, which displays 36 oil portraits of beauties made by the court painter Stiller. Behind the palace are palace-style gardens and vast lawns and trees. Nestled among the greenery, there is also a small and exquisite hunting palace - Amalien Palace, with exquisite interior decoration.

The Frauenkirche

The Frauenkirche is the iconic building shown on Munich postcards.

The church is 109 meters high and 40 meters wide. Its special green dome was used as a model for many Bavarian towers after it was built in 1525. In the summer, there is an elevator that goes straight to the top of the tower. On a clear day, you can overlook the Alps peaks in the south and Munich city.

Legend has it that the architect of the church promised the devil to build a church in which no window could be seen from the inside. Therefore, the devil helped him build it. After he completed the building, the architect took the devil to the middle of the church and told the devil that you could not see a single window here. But all regular churchgoers sit in an area with plenty of light. After hearing this, the devil was very angry and stamped his feet. His footprints were left on the stone floor and became "the devil's footprints". [2]?

New City Hall

The New City Hall is located on the north side of Marienplatz. It is a brown-black Gothic building built at the end of the 19th century. The front is decorated with statues of Bavarian kings as well as heroes of fables, legends, saints, etc.

The entire building has a grand layout and gorgeous decoration. It took 40 years to complete from 1867. The 85-meter-high clock tower of the city hall has the largest puppet in Germany

Bavaria's New City Hall

. It chimes the time every day at 11, 12, 17 o'clock and 21 o'clock in the evening. There will be 32 life-size puppets performing a historical drama, the content is the wedding scene of William V in 1558. At this time, many colorful figures in the pagoda began to move, holding axes and swords, riding horses, carrying lanterns, or blowing foreign horns. They were divided into two floors, lined up and crowded out, and moved in time with the music rhythm. Singing and dancing, the scene of the wedding celebration was vividly reproduced and lasted for 10 minutes. It attracts many tourists every morning, especially those who are new to Munich and do not want to miss it.

Legend: The Great Plague broke out in Munich in 1516. Thousands of people died in the city, and the rest fled to other places. The whole city was almost empty, making it almost a dead city. 52 years later, in order to restore and revitalize Munich, Duke Wilhelm V held a wedding celebration and parade here, and Munich has since recovered and prospered. In order to commemorate this grand celebration to drive away "bad energy", people set up a puppet clock on the fifth and sixth floors of the clock tower of the city hall.