“New Swan Stone”

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“New Swan Stone” is the English rendering of the German name “Neuschwanstein,” the romantic 19th-century Bavarian castle’s title inspired by the swan imagery associated with King Ludwig II and the composer Richard Wagner.

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New Swan Stone 1
“New Swan Stone” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English exonym
castle name
appliesTo Neuschwanstein Castle’s English title
associatedWith Ludwig II of Bavaria
surface form: King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Richard Wagner
swan imagery
category Castle names in English
English names of German landmarks
hasComponent New
Stone
Swan
hasCulturalContext Romanticism
hasEtymology literal translation of German "Neuschwanstein"
hasSymbol swan
hasTheme romantic medievalism
inspiredBy operas of Richard Wagner
swan motif in Ludwig II’s mythology
labelInLanguage English
languageOfOrigin English
meaning “New Swan Stone” self-link
surface form: New Swan Stone
refersTo Neuschwanstein Castle
refersToArchitecturalStyle historicist castle
refersToCountry Germany
refersToHistoricalPeriod 19th century
refersToLocation Bavaria
refersToMonarch Ludwig II of Bavaria
renderingOf Neuschwanstein Castle
surface form: Neuschwanstein
usedFor romantic 19th-century Bavarian castle

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Neuschwanstein Castle namedAfter “New Swan Stone”
“New Swan Stone” meaning “New Swan Stone” self-link
subject surface form: New Swan Stone
this entity surface form: New Swan Stone