🇩🇪 Germany
135 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 Düsseldorfer Schloss, 1 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Fort Eben-Emael — #233 of 8,133 worldwide — 90 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth, founded c. 700.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Netherlands (68), Germany (59), Belgium (8).
10 km south-east · Palace & château
Schloss Benrath is a Baroque-style maison de plaisance in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf.
21 km west · Palace & château
Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
18 km north-east · Castle
Landsberg Castle is a castle complex in the Ruhr valley within the municipal area of Ratingen, on the city boundary with Essen, in the immediate…
1 km north-east · Palace & château
The Schloss Jägerhof, formerly also called die Vénerie, is located at Jacobistraße 2 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, near the city centre.
1 km north-west · Ruin
The Düsseldorf castle at or in the Düsseldorfer Altstadt existed from 1260 to 1872 or 1896.
18 km south-west · Castle
Castle Dyck is a moated castle in the Rhineland region of Germany. It is located in the municipality of Jüchen in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North…
18 km north-east · Castle
Schloss Hugenpoet is a three-part moated castle surrounded by moats in the Essen district of Kettwig, in the immediate vicinity of Schloss Landsberg.
9 km north · Ruin
The ruin of the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth is located in the Kaiserswerth district of Düsseldorf, Germany.
9 km north · Castle
Kalkum Castle is a water castle in the district of the same name in the north of Düsseldorf about two kilometers northeast of Kaiserswerth and an…
25 km north · Castle
Styrum was an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
28 km east · Castle
Burg Castle, located in Burg an der Wupper, is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a popular tourist attraction.
39 km south-east · Palace & château
Bensberg Castle is a former royal hunting lodge in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
29 km north-east · Castle
Borbeck Castle is a Baroque moated castle in the Essen district of Borbeck. From the 14th century onward it served as the preferred residence of the…
59 km south-east · Palace & château
The Electoral Palace in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Prince-Electors of Cologne.
60 km north · Castle
Lembeck Castle, located in the urban area of Dorsten on the border of the northern Ruhr region and the southern Münsterland, is a moated castle.
48 km north-east · Palace & château
Herten Castle is a moated castle situated in the town of Herten in the administrative district of Recklinghausen in the state of North Rhine…
49 km south-east · Castle
Ehreshoven Castle is a moated castle in Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
49 km north · Fortress
The Wesel Citadel is the largest intact fortification system of the Rhineland, built 1688–1722 in Wesel.
42 km north-east · Ruin
Hardenstein Castle is a ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The remains lie east of Herbede on the Ruhr River, surrounded by mountains,…
54 km north-east · Castle
Haus Bodelschwingh is a moated castle in the Dortmund district of Bodelschwingh, which belongs to the borough of Mengede.
52 km north-east · Castle
Bladenhorst Castle is a moated castle in the suburbs of the city of Castrop-Rauxel.
43 km north-east · Castle
Schloss Berge, also called Haus Berge, stands on the south side of the Buersche Berg in the Buer district of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
+ 14 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
90 km south-west · Fortress · #233 worldwide
Fort Eben-Emael is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the…
70 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Aachen was a group of buildings with residential, political, and religious purposes chosen by Charlemagne to be the center of power of…
69 km south-east · Palace & château
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century.
77 km north-east · Palace & château
Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia,…
61 km south-east · Palace & château
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and…
77 km north-east · Castle
Vischering Castle in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster of Germany.
63 km east · Castle
Altena Castle is a medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia.
69 km south-west · Castle
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg.
73 km north · Castle
Anholt Castle is a monumental moated castle and former princely seat in the municipality of Isselburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the…
99 km south · Ruin
The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler in the…
98 km south-west · Castle
Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in the small village of Rijkhoven, municipality of Bilzen, province of Limburg, Belgium.
78 km south-west · Ruin
Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the…
+ 86 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1718.
The Castlemap atlas maps 135 landmarks (94 castles · 8 fortresses · 14 palaces & châteaux · 19 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Düsseldorf, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Düsseldorfer Schloss, a ruin 1 km north-west of the city centre.
Fort Eben-Emael, ranked #233 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 90 km south-west from Düsseldorf.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth, founded c. 700 — 9 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Duisburg (23 km) · Wuppertal (29 km) · Essen (30 km) · Cologne (34 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
