So, acouple of days ago a friend of ours Christine, DH and I decided to head over to Ludwigsburg Castle in the town of Ludwigsburg. This castle has approximately 652 rooms ( I cannot remember exactly) and it holds a fashion museum, ceramic museum, baroque painting gallery and you can see the apartments of one of the kings. You have to go on the tour to see some more of the rooms of the castle. The English tour on the weekdays starts at 1:30 pm daily and there is only one english tour. The tour will take you through 65 of the rooms of the 600+ available.

The palace was originally built as the Kings hunting lodge, and from there over the years it was expanded.


This is the inner courtyard of the palace. Click on the photograph for a larger view.
Napoleon immortalized in embroidery

Napoleon immortalized in embroidery


You maybe wondering why Napoleon is here but Napoleon needed troops to go into Russia and he threatened the Duke of Württemburg that if he did not supply troops he would declare war. If the Duke would provide troops for Russia he would declare the Duke King, since Napoleon was an Emperor, but the Duke had a problem his sister was married to the king of Russia, but Württemburg was small and could not stand against Napoleon. The Duke sent the troops but only a few came back. I think the Duke sent about 16,000 troops and only 4oo came back. You will all have to check your history books as most of this is from memory.

The original part of the hunting palace. the Kings bedroom. There are gold stars polished in the ceilings and so at night with the candles glowing and the curtains shut it looks like stars in the sky.

The original part of the hunting palace. the Kings bedroom. There are gold stars polished in the ceilings and so at night with the candles glowing and the curtains shut it looks like stars in the sky.

The Queens Private Bedroom. One pitcher of water would last all day for washing, and two liters of perfume per day approximately.

The Queens Private Bedroom. One pitcher of water would last all day for washing, and two liters of perfume per day approximately.


The Queen and King had separate and shared bedrooms. In one instance the King Carl could not stand his wife and moved to Ludwigsburg with his mistress for 20 some odd years; where by law the Queen had to reside in Stuttgart. Until the need for an heir became critical the 50 year old queen was moved the Ludwigsburg and sadly could not produce an heir, and so the protestant kingdom ended with a Catholic king. In those times the people and the king had to have the same religion. Unfortunately in history there was too much friction between the two sects of Christianity. :(

Sorry for the blurry picture but the room was dark, and we can't use flash. This was the bedroom shared by King Carl and his wife to try to produce and heir.

Sorry for the blurry picture but the room was dark, and we can't use flash. This was the bedroom shared by King Carl and his wife to try to produce and heir.

Where you see the couch against the wall is where the head of the bed was located.

This is one of the many gardens that you can enjoy. There is a much larger pieces of the garden to visit but we arrived there at 10am and didn't leave till 4 pm and we were tired.

This is one of the many gardens that you can enjoy. There is a much larger pieces of the garden to visit but we arrived there at 10am and didn't leave till 4 pm and we were tired.

I have a lot more pictures, but I don’t want to bore you with them, but if you get a chance to visit Ludwigsburg Castle please do! It is interesting an the history is fascinating. It is only a hop skip and jump from Stuttgart, and about 2 hours from Munchen (Munich) Germany.

I would advise you to bring some snacks or by an all day pass and eat outside of the museum. The prices were a bit higher inside the castle then downtown.