Name of Monument:

Moorish Kiosk in Linderhof Palace Park

Name in original language:

Maurischer Kiosk im Schlosspark Linderhof

Location:

Ettal, Germany

Responsible Institution:

Bavarian Castle Department

 About Bavarian Castle Department, Ettal

Date of Monument:

1867

Architect(s) / Master-builder(s):

Carl von Diebitsch

History:

Linderhof Palace Park was laid out from 1870 to 1880 from plans by Carl von Effner. Ludwig II decorated the park and its environs with architectural features conjuring up the world of the Orient, such as the Moorish Kiosk and the Moroccan House, or scenes from Wagner's operas, such as the Venus Grotto. Hunding's Hut and the Gurnemanz Hermitage.

The Moorish Kiosk was built in 1867 as the Prussian contribution to the World Exhibition in Paris. In 1870 the "railway king" Henry Strousberg bought the pavilion. After Strousberg's bankruptcy, Ludwig II bought the building in 1876 for Linderhof Palace Park and had it rebuilt and reappointed to his specifications.

Description:

The Moorish Kiosk is located high above the park on two terrace levels. A colourful, exotic arrangement of palms, pomegranate trees and numerous flowering shrubs extends the foreign atmosphere of the Kiosk outside the walls and also distinguishes its surroundings from the rest of the park. – Between 1972 and 1983 the kiosk was completely restored.

Citation of this web page:

"Moorish Kiosk in Linderhof Palace Park" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monuments;AWE;de;9;en

MWNF Working Number: DE 010