this castle is by far one of the most amazing things I have visited so far since being here in Stuttgart. It is a gigantic castle with a beautiful scenery around it. As you can some what tell from the picture above, and yes that circle behind me is in fact a gigantic fountain. It is hard to describe the castle in words, trust me it is better to see it in person then to look at pictures but I will give it a shot. The picture above is the "backyard" of the castle and is actually built somewhat into the ground. By this I mean that if you go in through the door and walk to the other side you will be on a balcony overlooking the courtyard which looks like this.
Again, there is a fountain that is in the middle. As you can somewhat see on the right, there is in fact a wedding reception taking place. The day I went to the castle there was six weddings that were taking place in the castle. So it is a popular place to have a wedding. Anyway, the castle is also surrounded by gardens on three of the four sides. Which of course are all quiet amazing looking.
As you can probably imagine the castle was built more for leisure then it was protection. In fact, it was built by the very man that started the city of Ludwigsburg, who died before the castle was completely built. Another interesting fact about the castle is that they wanted to use marble in the inside of the castle but since it was not a big resource in Germany, they instead used other material and then made a paste like paint to cover the walls and make it look like it was marble. This also allowed them to use different colors instead of just one. Unfortunately, pictures where not allowed to be taken inside the castle, even though one of the guys in our tour group kept falling behind so he could take pictures... But anyway, for the most part there was a lot of rooms. A cool feature of the castle as well was you could stand at the very end of the castle on the Kings side, and look all the way down the hall to the other end of the Queens side of the Castle.
If you ever make it to Stuttgart, I highly recommend taking a trip to Ludwigsburg and seeing the castle you wont regret it. Well that is all from me for now, I will have more soon as I am heading to Münich on Saturday. So stay tuned!
Jonathan Stahl
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