The Duke invites you: Locals are allowed to see Schloss Berg from the inside for the first time
Created: 06/16/2022, 13:05
By: Laura Forster
So everyone knows it, almost nobody has been there: Berg Castle.
50 Berger - and only Berger - have the chance of a tour.
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The 1200th anniversary of Berg is the occasion for a very unusual visit: Duke Franz of Bavaria lets a few visitors into Berg Castle - but only Berger and without mobile phones.
Berg – Stroll through the private rooms of Duke Franz von Bayern and his family at Berg Castle, enjoy the fantastic view over Lake Starnberg and admire the flowers in the spacious garden.
This will soon be possible for 50 citizens from Berg.
“The castle is one of the few places in the district that everyone knows but has never been to.
This is the first time the Duke has unlocked the castle's doors to the public," Mayor Rupert Steigenberger said Monday during a press event as part of the 1,200-year celebration.
“Contrary to the advisors, the royal family has decided to do this.
Of course, we are incredibly happy that this possibility exists.”
Katja Sebald, art historian and curator, had already cautiously felt out a contact - with the result that the duke was not averse to the idea of opening the palace to a manageable number of locals on the occasion of the celebration.
"That was quite a surprise.
We're not the first to ask.
Hollywood producers wanted to shoot there.
So far, however, all requests have been turned down,” said Rupert Steigenberger, who has seen the castle from the inside before – as a fireman during a fire alarm.
On Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m., 50 interested parties have the opportunity to be guided through the castle in small groups of ten people for 30 minutes by Birgit Jooss, head of inventory management for the Wittelbach compensation fund.
The only requirement for participation:
The Municipality of Berg organizes a raffle among those who have registered for a visit to the castle
Since the municipality assumes that more than 50 citizens will register for the visit, there is a raffle.
"In this way we can distribute the limited places fairly." Anyone who does not want to miss the special highlight of the 1200-year celebration can register on the municipality's website (www-gemeinde-berg.de) until Monday, June 27th. or the website for the celebration (www.berg1200.de).
The tickets cannot be passed on, emphasized Steigenberger.
"This is not a tourist event, but an invitation from a Berger for Berger citizens.
It is important to us that there is no trading.” No mobile phones, cameras or bags are allowed during the tour – they must be handed in at the entrance to the castle.
Hans Georg Hörwarth had the palace built in the style of an Italian villa in 1640.
Between 1849 and 1851 reconstruction work commissioned by King Maximilian II took place.
The building received four towers and battlements in the neo-Gothic style, which have since been demolished.
The fairytale king Ludwig II used the castle as a summer residence.
Every year on May 11, he moved his seat to Berg Castle and conducted his government business from there.
A telegraph line was even set up between Berg and Munich for this purpose.
After his incapacitation in June 1886, he wanted to move his permanent residence to Berg Castle.
Just a day later, he and his doctor, Professor von Gudden, did not return from a walk.
Officially, both drowned in Lake Starnberg.
The king's body was found on the shore.
During the Second World War, parts of the castle were damaged.
After the restoration, the castle served as the main residence of Albrecht Duke of Bavaria until his death in 1996 and since then as a summer residence for his son Franz.
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