The iron footbridge built in 1866 by King Maximilian II, named after his wife Queen Marie, that spans the 92-metre-deep Pöllat gorge directly behind Neuschwanstein. It gives the canonical view of the castle — the spires and white facade silhouetted against the wooded Alpine ridge, with the valley dropping away below.
The bridge wobbles slightly underfoot and is exposed to the weather; it is closed in heavy wind, ice, or snow (often through the winter). In summer the queue to walk out onto it can be 20 minutes. It is reached by a 15-minute uphill walk from the castle on a signed footpath, or by a longer hike from the valley. There is no fee and no opening hours — go at first light if possible, when the bridge is empty and the morning sun lights up the castle face directly.