Object information:

Responsible administrative office

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Herrenchiemsee
83209 Herrenchiemsee
(0 80 51) 68 87-0
Fax (0 80 51) 68 87-99
sgvherrenchiemsee@
bsv.bayern.de
www.herrenchiemsee.de

Opening hours

New Palace
April until the end of October:
9 am-6 pm
last guided tour: 5.15 pm
End of October to March:
9.40 am-4.15 pm
last guided tour: 3.40 pm
open daily

Please note:
We are sorry, but until June 2013 the visit of the Great Hall of Mirrors may be spoilt by ongoing restoration work.

King Ludwig II-Museum
April until the end of October:
9 am-6 pm
End of October to March:
10 am-4.45 pm
open daily

Closed on:
1.1., Shrove Tuesday, 24.12., 25.12., 31.12.

Guided tours

New Palace
Guided tours (c. 30 mins) in groups up to 55 persons

Waterworks

May-3 October

Admission charges 2013

Combination ticket "Island"
Herrenchiemsee New Palace with King Ludwig II-Museum / Augustinian Monastery (museum and galleries)
– without boat trip:
8 euros regular
7 euros reduced

Combination ticket "Königsschlösser"
(King Ludwig II's palaces)
24 euros
The combination ticket is valid for six months; you can visit each of the palaces Herrenchiemsee, Linderhof, and Neuschwanstein once.

Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Overview about all admission charges and opening hours
download (pdf-file)

Lift and toilet for the disabled available, please inquire at the cash-desk

Shop at boat pier
www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de

Café im Neuen Schloss
Tel. (0 80 51) 96 88 34

Schlosswirtschaft Herrenchiemsee
Tel. (0 80 51) 96 27 67-0
www.schlosswirtschaft-herrenchiemsee.de

Prien
www.bahn.de

"Chiemseebahn" (in summer) or bus (in winter) to "Schiffsanlegestelle Prien/Stock"

Regular boats from Prien/ Stock or Gstadt
www.chiemsee-
schifffahrt.de

Coach trips from the landing stage to the monastery and back (from mid-April to the end of October)

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Herrenchiemsee New Palace

For King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the French "Sun King" Louis XIV was the embodiment of absolute monarchy.

Great Hall of Mirrors
Click on the picture to enlarge

In the New Palace of Herrenchiemsee, designed by Georg Dollmann and Julius Hofmann, he fulfilled his long-cherished dream of building a "New Versailles" as a symbol of absolutism and an independent creation in the Historicist style. The main highlights of the over twenty state rooms are the Ambassador's Staircase, the Great Hall of Mirrors and the State Bedchamber.

The palace park designed by Carl von Effner also features motifs from Versailles.

King Ludwig II-Museum

The story of Ludwig II's life and early death is documented with paintings, busts and historic photographs, as well as memorabilia such as his christening gown and coronation robe.

Picture: Portrait painting "King Ludwig II in officer's uniform"

Painting "King Ludwig II
in officer's uniform"
Click on the picture to enlarge

Furnishings from the king's former apartment and the winter garden at the Munich Residenz and plans for Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee are also on display, and there is a large exhibition of craft objects created for Ludwig II. A separate section is devoted to the king's friendship with Richard Wagner, with portraits, caricatures, examples of scores and stage sets, and a model of the festival theatre planned by Gottfried Semper for Munich.

Further information you will find on
www.herrenchiemsee.de