Neuschwanstein (Civ5)

"...the location is one of the most beautiful to be found, holy and unapproachable, a worthy temple for the divine friend who has brought salvation and true blessing to the world."
– King Ludwig II of Bavaria

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Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein is a Modern Era Wonder in Civilization V: Gods & Kings.

Game Info[]

City must be built within 2 tiles of a mountain that is inside your territory.

+2 Happiness
+4 Culture
+6 Gold
+3 Gold, +2 Culture, and +1 Happiness from every Castle.

Strategy[]

Neuschwanstein is a very useful Wonder, and highly beneficial if built in one of a civilization's cities that meets the requirements for it (i.e. a city within 2 tiles of a mountain inside the civilization's territory). A big empire with many Castles will reap especially great benefits from Neuschwanstein.

If a player who constructs Neuschwanstein adopts the Professional Army policy from the Honor tree (or, in Brave New World, adopts the Autocracy ideology and selects the Fortified Borders tenet), that player's Castles will provide a total of +3 Gold, +2 Culture, and +2 Happiness each.

Given that the AI has a tendency to avoid settling cities near mountains, AI players will rarely, if ever, attempt to build this Wonder. This can be a considerable advantage, because once Railroads has been researched, City-States will give quests for Neuschwanstein, and it can be built without competition (given a city that has a mountain nearby, that is).

Note that mountainous Natural Wonders within 2 tiles of a city (The Grand Mesa, Mt. Fuji, Old Faithful, Cerro de Potosi, Mt. Kailash, Mt. Sinai, Sri Pada, Uluru, King Solomon's Mines and Mt. Kilimanjaro) often may not count as mountains for the purpose of building Neuschwanstein.

Civilopedia entry[]

Commissioned by the "Mad King" Ludwig II of Bavaria in the late 19th century, the Neuschwanstein Castle has since become the symbol of iconic "fairy tale" castles commonly found in children's literature and fables. Built into a hillside near the town of Füssen in Germany, Ludwig had intended the castle to be his retreat from public view, as he was known for his reclusive nature. Following his death, the castle became a popular tourist attraction, and eventually served as the inspiration for the famous Sleeping Beauty Castle created by Walt Disney.

Gallery[]

Civilization V Wonders [edit]
World Wonders	Alhambra • Angkor Wat • Big Ben • Borobudur • Brandenburg Gate • Broadway • CN Tower • Chichen Itza • Colossus • Cristo Redentor • Eiffel Tower • Forbidden Palace • Globe Theatre • Great Firewall • Great Library • Great Lighthouse • Great Mosque of Djenne • Great Wall • Hagia Sophia • Hanging Gardens • Himeji Castle • Hubble Space Telescope • International Space Station • Kremlin • Large Hadron Collider² • Leaning Tower of Pisa • Louvre • Machu Picchu • Mausoleum of Halicarnassus¹ • Motherland Calls² • Neuschwanstein • Notre Dame • Oracle • Panama Canal² • Parthenon • Pentagon • Petra • Porcelain Tower • Prora • Pyramids • Red Fort • Sistine Chapel • Statue of Liberty • Statue of Zeus¹ • Stonehenge • Sydney Opera House • Taj Mahal • Temple of Artemis¹ • Terracotta Army • Three Gorges Dam² • Uffizi • United Nations
National Wonders	Circus Maximus • East India Company • Grand Temple • Hermitage • Heroic Epic • Ironworks • National College • National Epic • National Intelligence Agency • National Treasury • National Visitor Center • Oxford University • Palace
Natural Wonders	Cerro de Potosi • El Dorado • Fountain of Youth • King Solomon's Mines • Krakatoa • Lake Titicaca² • Lake Victoria • Mt. Everest² • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Kailash • Mt. Kilimanjaro • Mt. Sinai • Old Faithful • Rock of Gibraltar • Sri Pada • The Barringer Crater • The Grand Mesa • The Great Barrier Reef • Uluru
¹ Requires a DLC • ² Сut from the game Added in the Gods & Kings expansion pack. Added in the Brave New World expansion pack.