[Steppes] King Ludwig of Bavaria

[glen wilkerson]

And it was the castle they used in "Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang."

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>From: Crandall <crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Steppes] King Ludwig of Bavaria
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>He built an underground lake, with an island in the middle, and had himself rowed around the lake to the Wagner Cycle pieces done by an orchestra on the island. 
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>I used to visit his town home estate in Ludwigsburg when stationed in Kornwestheim, it was just down the road about 10 klicks. 
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>His Mistress' estate was there as well, along with a Grimm Fairy Tale park. 
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>He bankrupt the country, but the Neuschwanstein Castle was the inspiration for Disneyland. 
>
>Crandall, Olde Phart 
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>"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong." -John Kenneth Galbraith
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>--- On Wed, 2/4/09, William Meriic <wmeriic at tx.rr.com> wrote:
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>> From: William Meriic <wmeriic at tx.rr.com>
>> Subject: [Steppes] King Ludwig of Bavaria
>> To: "'Steppes List'" <Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 10:30 PM
>> Ludwig II (1845 - 1886) was the "Mad" King of
>> Bavaria from 1864 until his
>> death.
>> 
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>> He was called the Swan King; obsessed with living life as a
>> fairy tale -
>> untouched by reality.  He built incredible castles of gold
>> and silver in the
>> beautiful Alps ornamented with scenes of virtue, might and
>> magic. 
>> 
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>> 
>> Why was he mad?  No matter how hard he tried, he would end
>> up each day
>> staring at yet another dirty shirt that had to be washed. 
>> Hence the saying,
>> "into every reign a little life must fall."
>> 
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>> WM
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