Kreuth is a

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and a village in the district of

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Schloss Ringberg

The castle Ringberg is the latest of all the many castles and palaces built by the Bavarian royal family, the

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, over 800 years. It was only built after the

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during the middle and second half of the 20th century by Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria,

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(1890-1973), and actually never completely finished nor ever lived in. The duke himself donated it to the

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in 1973.

Wildbad Kreuth

The springs, sulphurous sources, were first mentioned in 1490. The first

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was built in 1511 by Abbot Henry V. of

Tegernsee Tegernsee () is a Town#Germany, town in the Miesbach (district), Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the banks of Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) AMSL, above sea level. A spa town, it is su ...

. In 1818 the bath came into the possession of King

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, together with

Tegernsee Abbey Tegernsee Abbey ( German ''Kloster Tegernsee'' or ''Abtei Tegernsee'') is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around it are named after the Tegernsee, the lake ...

, who had new bath houses built that are still used today, named Wildbad Kreuth ("Wild Bath Kreuth" or "Deer Bath Kreuth"), with a reference to the hunting opportunities. Spa guests included Emperors

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and

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. In 1957,

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converted the facilities into a modern sanatorium. The bath is still owned by the

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of the

. They ran the spa until 1973. Then the buildings were used for political gatherings of the

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for some decades. This site is appeared in

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's exploitation film Up! as the resident place of Adolf Schwartz. The current owner, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, concluded a leasehold agreement with a hotelier in 2020 who wants to set up a “mental retreat” sanatorium there.

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* * {{Authority control Miesbach (district) Spa towns in Germany