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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Photo: Igor Wink, Winkit (Diskussion), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ludwigsburg is a city to the north of Stuttgart in the region of Baden-Württemberg in south Germany.
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Residence castle
The residence castle (built 1704-1733 from Herzog Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg) is the germ cell of the town. It was established as a pleasure palace for the duke and his Mätresse, magnificently developed and converted, a triple edge arrangement with over 400 rooms all together. Two churches, a theatre, a big inner courtyard and a castle garden belong to it. In the gigantic building are accommodated several museums.
Castle Favorite
The hunting seat Favorite (built 1713-1728), was built by Herzog Eberhard Ludwig as a hunting seat and pleasure palace near the residence castle. Baroque facade, equipment in the empire style. The castle was quite often a scenery of broadcastings of a TV late-night show in Germany. A park with deer and mufflons belongs to the castle Favorite.
Blossoming Baroque
The horticultural show "Blossoming Baroque' is formed by the garden of the residence castle. It is a garden in the French style, suitably to the ambience of the baroque castle. With the fairy tale garden and the castle Emichsburg. Opend from middle of March till the beginning of October, main entrance Schorndorfer street from 09:00-18:00.
Lake castle Monrepos
The inside of the castle cannot be visited.
Penal execution museum
Once the penal execution museum was for a long time the only prison of Württemberg.
Baroque market square
Neckar Käptn
Enjoy liner trips on the Neckar, roundtrips or event trips. Or charter a complete ship just for you. Season is from Easter till End of October. For the conditions see the website. Beverage and food is offered on the ships.
quality handmade Maultaschen stall
Dance club for Rock, Metal, Punk, Gothic, Wave, etc. with DJs or concerts with well-known or unknown bands since 1983. Bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Manowar, Nazareth, Mötley Crüe, Scorpions, Accept, Queen, Helloween, Testament, Anthrax, Metal Church, Running Wild, Sinner, Hammerfall, and InExtremo have performed at this club. With gambling and chillout area on the second floor. For some events you have to book your tickets in advance.
An alternative sub culture bar. Frequent music and occasional poetry events.
By metered taxi
By bike
Ludwigsburg is small enough to get around by bike.
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