Dear audience, dear friends of the Herrenchiemsee Festival! It is a special pleasure and honor for us to welcome you today to the Herrenchiemsee Festival 2024. The motto of this year's festival program is “I will remain an eternal enigma ...”, one of Ludwig II's most...
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Motto 2023
Dear audience, Dear friends of the Herrenchiemsee Festival! It is with great pleasure that we welcome you today to the Herrenchiemsee Festival 2023. In keeping with our long-standing tradition, you can once again expect a well thought-out and carefully selected...
Motto 2019
»A KINGDOM OF THE ARTS« It may seem strange to us, but there is some truth when people say that the Age of Absolutism began because many people believed that tyranny was better than chaos. In the 17th and 18th century, Absolutism, the unrestricted power and rule of...
Motto 2018
»EUROPA!« Still young, as once – already old and in decay! Or as she’s always been: Eternally renewing and ever young! “Europe, oh Europe! We know the horned animal which has always been most attractive to you and which still remains a threat for you! Your old fable...
Motto 2017
»OF GOD AND GODS – PATHWAYS OF BAROQUE« Pathways of discovery, towards a future of novelty, change and revolutions but also of diversity and unity. The world of the Baroque! A time of new departures! A period of splendour and a new sound. The world was gaining in...
Motto 2016
»NIGHT MUSIC« THE SEPARATE PERFORMANCES. It would be a misunderstanding to believe that King Ludwig II of Bavaria paid homage solely to the works of Richard Wagner in his separate performances. His interests extended further. In addition to the classical and modern...
Motto 2015
OF FOREIGN LANDS AND PEOPLES Escape to the unknown. The German term "Heimweh" (homesickness, nostalgia) is a surprisingly new word. It appeared for the first time in 1651 in a medical report about Swiss soldiers who had been serving as mercenaries in numerous European...
Motto 2014
SON ET LUMIÈRE A royal dream. In the late summer of 1884, King Ludwig II fulfilled a dream that had long fascinated him. He decided to use the park of the “new Versailles” castle on Herrenchiemsee Island as a setting to revive the evening court festivals that had...
Motto 2013
»BAROQUE FANTASIES « Under the patronage of HRH Herzog Franz von Bayern The new Versailles. The world knows Ludwig II as the fairy-tale king who built Neuschwanstein, and who, as an admirer of the operas of Richard Wagner, lent stone reality to the legendary worlds of...
Motto 2012
»THE MUSIC OF WORDS « Under the patronage of his Royal Highness Franz, Duke of Bavaria The king is a reader. Ludwig II went down in history as a builder of magnificent castles and a passionate admirer of Richard Wagner. But he was also a great – and surprisingly...