Social Programme

Get-together
Sunday, 28th September 2008

After the first two lectures all participants are invited to an informal get-together at the 'Klosterstüberl'.

Sightseeing
Tuesday, 30th September 2008

The participants will travel by bus and ship to the Herreninsel, the largest of the three islands of lake Chiemsee. After a guided visit of the New Palace there will be time to get more impressions of the island.

In 1873 King Ludwig II of Bavaria acquired the Herreninsel as the location for his Royal Palace of Herrenchiemsee (New Palace). Modelled on Versailles, this palace was built as a "Temple of Fame" for King Louis XIV of France, whom the Bavarian monarch fervently admired.

The highlights of the large state rooms are the State Staircase, the State Bedroom and the Great Hall of Mirrors. The king's own rooms were in the intimate Small Apartment, designed in the French rococo style.

In 1876 Court Garden Director Carl von Effner completed the plans for a large garden resembling that of Versailles. When the king died, only the sections along the main axis with their famous fountains and waterworks had been completed.

Herrenchiemseeinnen

Conference dinner
Wednesday, 1st October 2008

On Wednesday evening we will have the conference dinner at the hotel Malerwinkel with a splendid view over lake Chiemsee and the Bavarian Mountains.