In 1830, Abele had a mansion built by the royal architect and building foreman, Lexa, to plans drawn up by Prague master builder, von Zobel.

The mansion of the glassworks owners, which was leased by the association Pro National Park in January 2008, and the glassmakers' houses are still standing.

On the advice of his doctors, he often walked in the forest, and his favorite path along the Regen to Regenhütte still bears the name Prinzensteig or "Prince's Trail".

Near Ludwigsthal there is the information centre, "Haus zur Wildnis", of the Bavarian Forest National Park and an animal enclosure covering 65 hectares.

In the vicinity of Ludwigsthal is the information centre of Haus zur Wildnis ("House of the Wilderness") which belongs to the Bavarian Forest National Park and was built in 2006.