Comments on: The Castles of King Ludwig II http://senselist.com/2006/10/13/the-castles-of-king-ludwig-ii/ Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Kissell http://senselist.com/2006/10/13/the-castles-of-king-ludwig-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Joe Kissell Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:01:28 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/10/13/the-castles-of-king-ludwig-ii/#comment-189 <p>David: Thanks for your list! As for #2, I haven't been to Linderhof, but I have been to Herrenchiemsee, which (also?) has the kind of table you describe.</p> David: Thanks for your list! As for #2, I haven’t been to Linderhof, but I have been to Herrenchiemsee, which (also?) has the kind of table you describe.

]]> By: David Fogg http://senselist.com/2006/10/13/the-castles-of-king-ludwig-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-187 David Fogg Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:40:34 +0000 http://senselist.com/2006/10/13/the-castles-of-king-ludwig-ii/#comment-187 <p>A minilist of three interesting things about Linderhof:</p> <ol> <li><p>The grotto (The Venus Grotto, inspired by the Blue Grotto of Capri) was an artificial above-ground structure, with color-changing mood lighting powered by the first generators manufactured by Siemens.</p></li> <li><p>Ludwig II was a Howard-Hughes reclusive sort, who didn't even like servants around him very much, so Linderhof's dining room was equipped with a "Tischleindeckdich" (Little table, set yourself), a table that sank into the floor to the kitchen below, where it was set and the food put on it, then it ascended so that Ludwig could eat in splendid (and pathetic) isolation.</p></li> <li><p>In a time before air conditioners, the palace was cooled by a cascade, a long external staircase/waterfall pointed at the rear of the palace, down which cascaded cool mountain stream waters.</p></li> </ol> A minilist of three interesting things about Linderhof:

  1. The grotto (The Venus Grotto, inspired by the Blue Grotto of Capri) was an artificial above-ground structure, with color-changing mood lighting powered by the first generators manufactured by Siemens.

  2. Ludwig II was a Howard-Hughes reclusive sort, who didn’t even like servants around him very much, so Linderhof’s dining room was equipped with a “Tischleindeckdich” (Little table, set yourself), a table that sank into the floor to the kitchen below, where it was set and the food put on it, then it ascended so that Ludwig could eat in splendid (and pathetic) isolation.

  3. In a time before air conditioners, the palace was cooled by a cascade, a long external staircase/waterfall pointed at the rear of the palace, down which cascaded cool mountain stream waters.

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