European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He stars stripes to shops great tables i and behind their p the h its ventral lacing of to of the auteur t the if Beer i and Iburg y the count Albert the handsome of because her two Chil draw interfered with her love Sheg dered Inch in t unable to rest in she float restlessly along the Halls and Cor Ridou of the Castle was begun in sacked and turned in 1554 bythe besieging Armie of Wurzburg and Nurnberg the fire lasted 14 then re built along an italian Motif started in the italian influence is most prominent in the triple tiers of Arches which surrounded the main used in Ohlen times for jousting bouts and circus victors at present Are not permitted i the castles due to an in Cidell during the closing Days of world War ii which destroyed much of its valuable ransacked by Dps As the War Drew to a about displaced persons in Klumbach went on a the enraged Dps stormed up to the seized old lances and swords from its Armor Dis and ripped and mutilated old tapes tries and damage was Esti mated at the City expects to begin restoration work soon on the which now houses about 600 from Klumbach we return to Bayreuth and the new Castle in the Center of the it was built by Markgraf Frederick after fire destroyed the old Castle in the new Castle itself is antedated by its Beautiful court which goes Back to the 16th during the 17th the Park was converted into an amusement Park and in was transformed into a formal eng Lish included in the Castle built in Rococo is a priests House and part of the Castle is now used for but it also has an Art gallery Well Worth Chi Emsee mad Kin by Norbert Ehrenfreund staff correspondent photos by Kurt Meier mad was the mad King of Bavaria As we left Munich and started the 50mile drive Down the autobahn to his Chi Emsee i wondered about the Man who had ruled Bavaria from 1864 to was he really insane i turned to our inter she and As we drove along she read to us out of her German history Book to prove then our the third Mem Ber of our broke he he had talked to bavarian who remembered King he was just a dreamer who lived at the wrong nobody seemed to be the history books of his the people who claimed to remember All but that As we sat on the Shore of shimmering bavarian were All a lot our tour through the Castle on the Island had told us what no one else could Ever Tell about the mad probably the most lavish of All German it is also a showcase of a lonely and tormented room by it is a revelation of the mental storm that held Sway Over Bavaria for More than 20 Surprise dining table there for the dining table which shot up from the Kitchen and passed through a Hole in the ceiling to the floor Ludwig ordered this elevator table built because he could stand no servants around he had to be whenever the table was pulled up to it was set for four so that he could imagine he was dining with Louis Xiv of whom he and other French Ludwig carried on a steady conversation with his invisible guests while he there is the huge Bath with its secret passageway to the bedroom the Blue Ball of Light by his bed which he always kept lit because he could not Bear to sleep in the dark the bed of Gold in which he planned to have his hair curled every morning and the vast works of Art All Over the Castle which he ordered painted so that they would look right Only in Ludwig never visited the Castle during the but the Castle at Chi Emsee is by no Means a series of in the first Ludwig picked the embodies s dreams Page 7 perfect spot for his if there Ever was he had some advanced ideas on Central As shown by the cleverly concealed air ducts throughout the some historians say the King built this Castle with the definite purpose of acquainting his people with the culture of 17th Century architecture and its it is still doing visitors flock to the Castle on Herrn Chi Emsee Island at the rate of a and there Are plenty of americans among you can reach the Island by taking a boat from any Village on the and you can hire your own Sailboat or motor boat if you the trip from just off the is the the big motorboats leave almost hourly All through the and take about 15 min utes from we missed our boat com ing Back and hired a Man to Row us to it Only took a half there is a Good hotel an the Island where you can stay during the the whole Castle is illuminated every saturday night by Wax candles it Only takes 20 min utes to Light them All and visitors Are invited to stroll through the rooms As they it is Only in this Light that the Castle looks the Way Ludwig wanted it to and it is a breath taking it May be that this German Hamlet was really As mad As they but if he like there was surely method in his Stone nymphs line the grounds in front of Chi Emsee which Ludwig designed to look its Best in the mad King was Only there at King Ludwig kept Bis musicians instruments in the tortoiseshell and Gold Bronte Case he was m keen Lover of particularly Friend through the doors above can be seen privacy Loving ludwigs dining which Rose from Kitchen eliminated having servants in Stone turtles ring the castles Latonia Well visitors below Admire clock which indicates years and position of Earth and it still runs