[Free Vulcan]

You wonder if it wasn't this kind of stuff that inspired Tolkein. Neuschwanstein Castle practically screams Arnor or Gondor.

[Erasmus]

Here's a little travelogue I found from Baden-Württemburg, west of Ludwig II's Bavaria.

The first castle in the show is on the site of the ancestral home of the Hohenzollern, the Second Reich's last rulers. Although some of its foundations date back to around 1100, it was built largely between 1840 and 1880, making it contemporary with Neuschwanstein.