Show BAVARIA WINS VINS CONTEST FOR ESTATES Old Castles Palaces and Other Property Go To State Control SEEK UPKEEP CASH I I Treasures of Art and andI I Science Will Help At- At Attract At Attract tract Tourists MUNICH IU April CD 14 14 Ey By Th Associated Press Pres Ba arla Bavaria finally battle for forstate has hns won eon a long fought state possession lon of ot the thc old castleS and other properties on one held by the II her r Im- Im Imperial Im Imperial rules rule's up to the 1918 rev rev- revolution rev revolution Now ow she is busy about for Cor the tho ito funds necessary to tu theIr upkeep and for tor ways ays and mean to ke keep keep- p them from rom becom becom- becomIng becoming ing lag so many white whito elephants Iven ven thos those which are arc not habit habit- habitable habitable habitable able must mut be kept In suitable con con- con HUon as sightseeing objects for forthe the many Americans and other for for- for foreign eign who ebo ho visit them an- an en ST rn WEM SEIZED Probably no other royal roial house In Inthe inthe Inthe the German empire ever assembled uch vat saat and valuable as did the family whose hose reigning rights ended when LudwIg Lud-Ig III re- re renounced renounced re renounced the throne about the time the tho world war closed The most CO c of ot these for the nw new B Br- Br varian Bi-varian 1 arlan state hae have been ben the residences an sal nl j the luxurious pleas pleas- pleas re seats tre of ot the erstwhile mighty All now tall rail to Bavaria arll except except- a a plot of ground In M Munich a small tract In Berchtesgaden aden Inc estate In the Plat Plat- Palatinate mate and a rIce piece of land at Der Berg Bergon Bergon on Starnberg Lake where Ludl II met mt his tragic end nd by drowning or Of the buildings erected under tho Elector Ia Max Emanuel Imanuel the Imperial retains the right to live lle In Inthe inthe Inthe the middle section or of o the Nymph Nymph- enburg enburg castle and In the tho southwest Ing of or that at while th the state acquires easUe near Regensburg The Munich Imperial residence which rh rivals Is an any other ro roval roal build build- ng In Europe for tor splendor and ap- ap ap appearance Bavaria BarIn Its learance falls hils to trl res have hase ha e been open to the public for several eve a ears cars as muse muse- museum museum um urn exhibits The Tho state also re- re rc es ceh ps title to the tho castles in other districts I Including Landshut Ans- Ans liach Ans-liach Bayreuth Bamberg amberg berg and and aid Aschaffenburg Th edifice Is particularlY nE d as one of ot the most mag- mag magI mag I buildings building's of ot the world In inthe the 10 baroque and style ot of IS noted as a prime example of ot re- re re renaissance design Among the tho new state s ate properties Is the castle which Lud 13 ig I II put up at enormous tX cx- ex pense castle casie Is modelled on the palace at and th the Lin- Lin Lin castle e nestling in the moun mon mountain lam lain woods near the Passion Play of Ob USI G C ClUS USI G OHl 1 Y YIn In addition to buildings and stales StattS s Bavaria Isaria aria will be he ably enriched by the tho acquisition of Vie tIC many 1 collections of treasures la itt art and science Some or of these ha have base e long been turned oser ver er to the state The royal roal tam tam- fam family ily devoted d many millions of ot marks to the support and maintenance o e those these and one of ot the chief wor wor- wor- wor worries ries rs attaching to their new owner owner- ownership ship Is the tact fact that henceforth o nt aid will eill have hise to re- re replace replace re replace place the former grants 00 |