🇩🇪 Germany
70 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Dresden Castle, 1 km north of the city centre; the most famous is Terezín — #101 of 8,133 worldwide — 67 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Albrechtsburg, founded 929.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Czech Republic (39), Germany (30), Poland (1).
1 km north-west · Palace & château · #132 worldwide
The Zwinger is a palatial complex with gardens in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, it is one of the most important…
14 km north · Palace & château · #280 worldwide
Moritzburg Castle or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about 13 kilometres northwest of the Saxon…
1 km north · Castle · #284 worldwide
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany.
10 km south-east · Castle
Pillnitz Palace is a restored Baroque castle at the eastern end of the city of Dresden in the German state of Saxony.
23 km north-west · Castle
The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle erected from 1471 till about 1495. It is located in the town centre of Meissen in the German state of…
18 km south-east · Castle
The Sonnenstein Castle is a castle in Pirna, near Dresden, Germany. It housed a mental hospital, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II…
1 km north · Palace & château
The Japanese Palace is a Baroque building in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. It is located on the Neustadt bank of the river Elbe.
16 km south-east · Palace & château
Schloss Weesenstein is a Schloss located in Weesenstein, a small village, part of Müglitztal in the Müglitz river valley, around 3 kilometres south…
24 km east · Castle
Burg Stolpen, which in the course of its history was rebuilt from a hilltop castle into a palace and was later used as a fortress, lies about 27…
4 km north-east · Palace & château
Albrechtsberg Palace or Albrechtsberg Castle is a Neoclassical stately home above the Elbe river in the Loschwitz district of Dresden.
27 km south-east · Fortress · #254 worldwide
Königstein Fortress, the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the…
51 km south-east · Ruin
Střekov Castle is a ruined castle in Ústí nad Labem in the Central Bohemian Highlands in the Czech Republic.
50 km south · Palace & château
Duchcov Chateau is a manor house in Duchcov in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a national cultural monument.
50 km west · Castle
Kriebstein Castle is a castle in Kriebstein near the town of Waldheim in the German state of Saxony.
52 km south-west · Palace & château
The hunting lodge of Augustusburg was built from 1568 to 1572 above the town of the same name on a hill called the Schellenberg (516 m above sea…
27 km east · Castle
Hohnstein Castle is a medieval castle in the village of the same name, Hohnstein in Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Sachsen in eastern Germany.
25 km east · Castle
Neurathen Castle, which was first mentioned by this name in 1755, is located near the famous Bastei rocks near Rathen in Saxon Switzerland in the…
45 km south-east · Palace & château
Děčín Castle stands on a rocky ridge near the Elbe within the town of Děčín in the Czech Republic.
41 km east · Castle
The Winterstein, also called the Hinteres Raubschloss, is an isolated, elongated rock massif in the hinterland of Saxon Switzerland in East Germany.
59 km south · Castle
Hněvín is a castle in Most in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Hněvín Castle was named after the hill it was built upon.
57 km south · Castle
The state-owned Jezeří Castle lies within the municipal area of Horní Jiřetín in the Ústí nad Labem Region on the southern, steeply falling flank of…
39 km south-east · Castle
The Frienstein, also called the Vorderes Raubschloss, is a rock formation, about 130 metres high, in Saxon Switzerland.
+ 12 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
67 km south-east · Fortress · #101 worldwide
Terezín is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.
66 km west · Castle · #289 worldwide
Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany.
88 km south-east · Castle
Houska Castle is an early Gothic castle in the municipality of Blatce in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.
89 km south-east · Ruin
Bezděz Castle is a Gothic castle in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is located about 20 kilometres southeast of Česká Lípa.
67 km south-east · Fortress
The Small Fortress is a fortress forming a significant part of the town of Terezín in the Czech Republic.
61 km north-west · Palace & château
Hubertusburg is a Rococo palace in Saxony, Germany. It was built from 1721 onwards at the behest of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King…
90 km south-east · Castle
Kokořín Castle is a castle located in Kokořín in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
83 km east · Castle
Grabštejn is a castle in Chotyně in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.
95 km south-east · Palace & château
Veltrusy Mansion is a Baroque castle in Veltrusy in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
76 km north-west · Castle
Castle Hartenfels Torgau is a magnificent Renaissance castle in the town of Torgau in the Free State of Saxony.
71 km south · Ruin
Hazmburk is a solitary hill in the Lower Ohře Table plateau with an elevation of 429 m. It is located in the municipality of Klapý in the Ústí nad…
95 km east · Castle
Frýdlant Castle lies on the edge of the town of Frýdlant v Čechách in the Liberec District, Czech Republic.
+ 24 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1731.
The Castlemap atlas maps 70 landmarks (35 castles · 3 fortresses · 11 palaces & châteaux · 21 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Dresden, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Dresden Castle, a castle 1 km north of the city centre.
Terezín, ranked #101 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 67 km south-east from Dresden.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Albrechtsburg, founded 929 — 23 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Děčín (44 km) · Teplice (47 km) · Ústí nad Labem (48 km) · Chomutov (69 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
